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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Afghanistan Sun.com http://www.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:43 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:35:43 -0500 30 Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is likely to officially ask Islamabad to hand over Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's second-in command, to Kabul during his scheduled two-day visit to Pakistan starting Wednesday. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/610236/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:40:14 -0500 ANI http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/610236/cs/1/ LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbors must su... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32968997/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:09:30 -0500 West Australian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32968997/ The Associated Press KHOST, Afghanistan -- A suicide attack Tuesday at a joint NATO-Afghan base in eastern Afghanistan killed two international service members and wounded several others, the m... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32969011/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:01:34 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32969011/ On Tuesday at Westminster University, where later in the evening he would lecture on the challenges facing the United States in South Asia and the Middle East, Ricks conceded his fond memories of Afgh... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32969010/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:39:19 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32969010/ Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to call on the Afghan government to work harder to find a political solution to the conflict with the Taliban.At a lecture in the US, he is expected to urge Preside... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32966793/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:21 -0500 BBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32966793/ Image Caption: Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a press conference at The Presidential Palace in Kabul (reuters_tickers) http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32966849/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:41:48 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32966849/ FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" i... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964083/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:56:52 -0500 West Australian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964083/ Wednesday, March 10, 2010 LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan: Majabeen Subhanzada runs her own construction company in southern Afghanistan and says she regularly receives death threats trying to force her bac... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32963302/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:56:20 -0500 The News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32963302/ Radio Free Europe returned to Afghanistan's airwaves shortly after the fall of the Taliban government, its mission was to bring listeners accurate and fair news and to promote discussion for citizens ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32963274/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:10 -0500 PBS http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32963274/ In other news Tuesday, two NATO soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan as Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited troops on the front lines. President Obama also met with visiting Gre... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964084/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:48:05 -0500 PBS http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964084/ In the next stage in the Afghanistan war, coalition forces are expected to build up gradually on the outskirts of the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar, perhaps for months. That strategy departs from the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964082/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:36:15 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964082/ The greatest number of gallantry awards in recent times is expected to be announced next week in recognition of last summer's brutal fighting in Afghanistan. More bravery awards will be posthumous ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964001/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:26:24 -0500 The Independent http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964001/ THE first batch of troops from The 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland set off for Afghanistan in the early hours of this morning to begin a six-month tour of duty. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964081/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:39 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964081/ TROOPS involved in an operation in which the first British female soldier died in Afghanistan lacked vital equipment and were given inadequate training, a coroner has said. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964085/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:30 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964085/ TROOPS involved in an operation in which the first British female soldier died in Afghanistan lacked vital equipment and were given inadequate training, a coroner has said. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964023/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:21:26 -0500 The Scotsman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32964023/ A soldier in the British army in Afghanistan has described how he saved the lives of two comrades by picking up a live Taliban grenade and throwing it back toward the enemy. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960504/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:42:42 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960504/ Prime Minister Stephen Harper downplayed revelations of a "contingency plan" to deal with accusations that prisoners handed over to Afghan authorities were tortured. As first reported by CBC News on ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960506/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:35:45 -0500 CBC News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960506/ A woman holds her belongings while walking on the rubble of her destroyed house, which was hit after a suicide car bomb exploded outside the Federal Investigation Agency a day earlier, in Lahore March... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960440/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:35:35 -0500 Canada.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960440/ A woman holds her belongings while walking on the rubble of her destroyed house, which was hit after a suicide car bomb exploded outside the Federal Investigation Agency a day earlier, in Lahore March... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960446/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:34:18 -0500 The Province http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960446/ Afghanistan , told reporters after Mr. Gates had completed his quiet amble. “There was a security bubble that was out there.” Marines had cleared the area so thoroughly for Mr. Gates&rsqu... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960318/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:28:25 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960318/ A woman holds her belongings while walking on the rubble of her destroyed house, which was hit after a suicide car bomb exploded outside the Federal Investigation Agency a day earlier, in Lahore March... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960441/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:21:14 -0500 Canada.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32960441/ KABUL (NNI): The organisation of Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has urged the Afghan interior ministry to reverse its decision to ban live media coverage of Taliban attacks. In a statement, the pres... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957221/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:27 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957221/ KHOST (AIP): Five soldiers of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were wounded by Taliban in Khost City, the NATO-led force said Tuesday. “Five ISAF servicemembers have been wounded in t... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957222/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:26 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957222/ PANJSHIR PROVINCE (NNI): Thirty-three members of the Bazarak District Afghan national police force graduated immersion training following a culmination exercise and recognition ceremony at the Bazarak... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957223/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:26 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957223/ KABUL (NNI): A number of political analysts believe that the United Nations Secretary Generals Special Representative to Afghanistan Kai Eide could not perform his duty properly mainly because of the ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957224/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:11:26 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957224/ March 9, 2010 The recent arrests in Pakistan of key Taliban leaders are having a serious impact on the militant organization, according to analysts. Over the past few weeks, at least six of the Taliba... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957157/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:05:11 -0500 NPR http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957157/ A woman holds her belongings while walking on the rubble of her destroyed house, which was hit after a suicide car bomb exploded outside the Federal Investigation Agency a day earlier, in Lahore March... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957162/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:39:28 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32957162/ Canadian Forces Medical Officer, Lieutenant (Navy) Kirsten Barnes uses her stethoscope to perform a check up on a young Afghan child. Cultural issues are always a major consideration when Canadian mil... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32956886/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:39:17 -0500 Calgary Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32956886/ NATO hopes to have restored full Afghan government control in Kandahar, the country’s second largest city. Roughly 85 per cent of the extra 30,000 troops promised by President Obama as part of ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32956961/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:26:57 -0500 Euro News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32956961/ FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose co... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953688/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:31:29 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953688/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to head to Afghanistan on Wednesday, his first trip to Tehran's eastern neighbor since the re-election last August of his counterpart Hamid Karzai. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953415/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:31 -0500 Fox News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953415/ By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 9, 2010 – Getting more NATO military trainers into Afghanistan is a top priority, the commander of the alliance’s military forces ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953685/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:07:26 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953685/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to head to Afghanistan on Wednesday, his first trip to Tehran's eastern neighbour since the re-election last August of his counterpart Hamid Karzai."The presid... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953689/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:29:49 -0500 Daily Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953689/ Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said a new strategy in the Afghan war showed promise after he visited a former ghost town where American forces recently cleared out http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953682/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:14:33 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32953682/ Tributes have been paid to two British soldiers killed on the same day in Afghanistan. Corporal Stephen Thompson, 31, from 1st Battalion The Rifles, died as a result of an explosion near Sangin distr... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32950532/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:42:47 -0500 IC Wales http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32950532/ KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A roadside bomb killed two Afghan border police and a civilian riding in their vehicle Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, police said, as Britain's defense secretary urged pati... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32946810/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:45:12 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32946810/ March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanistan tomorrow for talks with his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, his first trip to the neighboring country since b... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32947174/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:20:50 -0500 Business Week http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32947174/ Islamabad, Mar.9 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is likely to officially ask Islamabad to hand over Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's second-in command, to Kabul during his schedul... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944246/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:46:06 -0500 New Kerala http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944246/ Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday held talks with commanders on a major ongoing offensive in southern Afghanistan and plans to move against the http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944315/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:47:52 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944315/ Air raids against militants' hideouts in Taliban birthplace Kandahar province in south Afghanistan left more than a dozen insurgents dead, said a statement of provincial administration released here T... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944319/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:45:10 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944319/ Ahmadinejad had planned to visit Afghanistan Monday -- the same day U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit -- but those plans were postponed for unspecified... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944312/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:45:00 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32944312/ U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, speaks with 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, troops at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Frontenac, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Kandahar, Afghanistan,... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940450/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:33:32 -0500 VOA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940450/ TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to travel to Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a day after the United States accused the Islamic state of a "double ga... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940689/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:30:53 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940689/ US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there.After meeting military chiefs over... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940597/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:55:45 -0500 BBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940597/ US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there.After meeting military chiefs over... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940691/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:55:41 -0500 BBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940691/ A further 130 soldiers from the Royal Scots Borderers are setting off for a tour of duty in Afghanistan.C Company will leave the Dreghorn Barracks in Edinburgh after completing final preparations. The... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940676/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:55:31 -0500 BBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940676/ A U.S. soldier with 4th Brigade combat team, 2-508, 82nd parachute infantry Regiment waits for a Black Hawk helicopter to land in the Arghandab valley in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Febru... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940374/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:50 -0500 Reuters http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940374/ Image Caption: Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a press conference at The Presidential Palace in Kabul (reuters_tickers) http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940683/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:37:37 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940683/ The Americans pulled a battalion out in December. The Afghan government promises help but sends little. Meanwhile, Taliban fighters continue to pour in. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940682/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:35:23 -0500 MSNBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940682/ TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to travel to Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, a day after the United States accused the Islamic state of a "double g... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940684/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:29:20 -0500 China Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940684/ Security forces have discovered a huge weapon cache in Faizabad, the capital of peaceful Badakhshan province in northeast Afghanistan, spokesman for the provincial administration Abdul Marouf Rasikh s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940685/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:21:41 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940685/ In efforts to strengthen security in the militancy-hit Afghanistan, the Afghan Interior Ministry has banned using vehicles with tinted glasses, spokesman for the ministry Zamarai Bashari said on Tuesd... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940686/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:21:38 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940686/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanistan on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday."It has been decided that the president will visit Af... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940687/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:21:36 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32940687/ Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference on June 14, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. (Majid, Getty Images) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanist... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32938003/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:54:32 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32938003/ FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Defence Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" i... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32937998/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:51:51 -0500 West Australian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32937998/ Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds a press conference on June 14, 2009 in Tehran, Iran. (Majid, Getty Images) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanist... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32937999/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:31:15 -0500 Fox 23 http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32937999/ TEHRAN, Iran — Iran says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Afghanistan on Wednesday. Tuesday's announcement coincided with a visit to Kandahar by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Gat... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32937994/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:25:23 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32937994/ END: Module - Module - M24 Article Headline with portrait image (b) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> An inquest into the deaths of the only female British soldier to be killed in ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32938004/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:12:37 -0500 Times Online http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32938004/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad plans to travel to Afghanistan on Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. It was not clear whether this was linked to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32935778/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:23:29 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32935778/ Islamabad, Mar.9 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is likely to officially ask Islamabad to hand over Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's second-in command, to Kabul during his schedul... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32935714/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:10:14 -0500 New Kerala http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/32935714/