Retaken Afghan Town Reports Taliban Threats (International Herald Tribune)
Though fighters have left town, agitators have remained in Marja waging a campaign of intimidation, local leaders said.
Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign (3news)
A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back.
Karzai, Obama talk Taliban (The Malaysian Insider)
KABUL, March 17 Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed prospects of peace with the Taliban in a video phone conversation with US President Barack Obama, Karzai s office said yesterday. Obama speaks to Karzai less frequently than his predecessor, George W Bush, and has not visited Afghanistan since being elected US president in 2008.
Kandahar campaign already underway, general says (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Preliminary U.S. efforts to gradually retake full control of the Taliban’s birthplace Kandahar are already underway, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan said on Wednesday, offering few details.
FEATURE-US troops leave border to Afghan boss accused of graft (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Peter Graff SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan, March 18 (Reuters) – One of the most important trade routes in Asia was closed last week while a boyish-looking man everyone calls “the general” …
Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign (Sify News)
A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination and intimidation to frighten people from supporting the
Report alleges Afghan contractor shot Ind. Marine (WHAS TV11 Louisville)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Marine Corps’ investigation of the February death of an Indiana Marine in Afghanistan concludes that he was fatally shot when an Afghan security contractor hired by an Afghan company allegedly fired shots at a group of Marines. The Marine Corps’ report says 24-year-old Lance Cpl. Joshua Birchfield of Westville was shot when the man opened fire after apparently …
Red Cross Orthopedic Center in Kabul, Afghanistan (The Record and Herald News)
Javid Ahmad, who lost his limb during a fight, goes through the treatment at International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Orthopedic Center in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Commandos Crack Down On Afghan Drug Trade (NPR)
The opium trade in Afghanistan is a key source of income for the Taliban. The group uses the money to carry out suicide bombings and other attacks. But a team of Afghan police commandos is working around the clock to cut off this dangerous funding source.
