I should have been posting these every month - I can't assume that everyone reads Instapundit daily like I do.

A roundup of the past month's good news from Afghanistan.

Afghan authorities and political parties are starting to plan for the parliamentary election scheduled for April.....

Meanwhile, an ambitious program is aiming to rebuild the country's devastated local administration......

Three years after the fall of the hardline Taliban regime, residents of Afghanistan's capital are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival in upbeat mood. . . .

The growth of the media is presenting many opportunities for Afghan women....

Meanwhile, as the refugees are coming back after years of exile, the U.N. is trying to help them rebuild their homes......

Afghan women are also make progress in the arts community.....

"There has been a tremendous demand for education, since the rebuilding of Afghanistan began. It has continued to exceed all expectations." says Keiko Miwa, an Education Specialist with the World Bank . . . based in Kabul. "More than 3 million students enrolled in grades one to 12 in 2002, when only 1.7 million students were expected to enroll. In March 2003, the enrollment surpassed 4 million." Today, more than 5 million students are enrolled in schools, according to Habibullah Wajdi. "This is the most definitive expression for education in Afghan history."

That's right America - you should be feeling GOOD about what's going on in Afghanistan today.