Ottawa anticipated Afghan torture allegations: memo (CBC.ca)
An internal government memo obtained by CBC confirms that Canadian authorities began formulating a plan for dealing with accusations of torture of prisoners in Afghanistan as early as March 2007 – months before such allegations first came up in the media.
U.S. General Turns Sights on Kandahar as Gates Lands in Kabul (Bloomberg)
March 8 (Bloomberg) — NATO-led troops are wrapping up the biggest military offensive of the Afghan war and laying the groundwork for the next push into the Taliban heartland of Kandahar, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal said.
Afghan Taliban seize villages from other militants (MSNBC)
The Taliban gained control of several villages in northeastern Afghanistan on Monday after two days of gunbattles with another Islamist group that ended when nearly 70 of the rival militants retreated and surrendered to government forces nearby, officials said.
Afghanistan commander sees slow build-up in Kandahar (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
NATO will amass troops gradually to control the Taliban’s birthplace Kandahar rather than launch one big assault as they did in nearby Helmand last month, the commander of foreign troops in Afghanistan said on Monday.
Press TV enjoys strong Afghan viewership (Press TV)
Press TV, Iran’s English-language news network, available through broadcasts and the Internet, has been reported to be a very popular news source among the people and even journalists of Afghanistan.
U.S. General Turns Sights on Kandahar as Gates Lands in Kabul (BusinessWeek)
NATO-led troops are wrapping up the biggest military offensive of the Afghan war and laying the groundwork for the next push into the Taliban heartland of Kandahar, U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal said.
