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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 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:25:26 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:25:26 -0500 30 Afghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the Taliban. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/611132/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:04 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/611132/cs/1/ With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/610743/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 Afghanistan Sun.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/610743/cs/1/ ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan does not want a proxy war between Pakistan and India or anybody else fought on its soil, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday during a visit to Pakistan. Nuclear-armed... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33064238/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:56:20 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33064238/ The Department of Defense said in a news release Thursday that Sgt. Jonathan J. Richardson, 24, of Bald Knob, Ark., and Pfc. Jason M. Kropat, 25, of White Lake, N.Y., were killed Tuesday. They are bot... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33064411/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:50:05 -0500 The Tennessean http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33064411/ London, Mar 12, IRNA – The Liberal Democrat’s shadow defence minister Willie Rennie has criticised the government’s plans to censor the reporting of the Afghan war in the lead up to the UK elect... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33064410/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:21:29 -0500 IRNA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33064410/ NSA Shivshankar Menon has reportedly said that the Taliban may kidnap Indian diplomats in Afghanistan. The warning has come after his recent trip to Kabul to review the security of Indians. The loomi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33062118/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:30:27 -0500 Hindustan Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33062118/ (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2008 file photo, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dimitri Rogozin speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Rogozin is criticizi... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33061963/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:28:24 -0500 Examiner http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33061963/ (RTTNews) - United States President Barack Obama is scheduled to hold a Situation Room meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan Friday to take stock of the recent developments following the arrest of a fe... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33062065/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:38:28 -0500 Quote.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33062065/ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said here on Friday that terror groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan are a threat to the entire region and the world as a whole. Source: Xinhua http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33061300/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:38:15 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33061300/ Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia's national s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059635/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:54:45 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059635/ It is perhaps the only solution in the search for a better future for Afghanistan that world leaders have not yet considered: gardening. A British scientific institute is planning to set up a botanica... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059819/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:04:55 -0500 Pak Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059819/ BRUSSELS (AP) - Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Rus... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059630/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:03:46 -0500 Find Law http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059630/ KABUL: Insurgents attacked a police post in eastern Afghanistan with guns and then detonated a roadside bomb as reinforcements sped to the scene, killing three members of an elite strike force, police... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059237/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:01:54 -0500 Arab News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33059237/ New York, Mar.12 : Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai might have described Pakistan and Afghanistan as 'co-joined' twins, but experts believe that there is underlying tension simmering between both na... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057821/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:23 -0500 New Kerala http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057821/ Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Russia's national s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057686/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:56 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057686/ A fghan prison conditions are horrific, torture is common and police frequently rape female detainees, the U.S. State Department finds in its annual survey of human rights. The damning report pai... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057819/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:18 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057819/ JALALABAD, Afghanistan - Six weeks ago, elders of the Shinwari tribe, which dominates a large area in southeastern Afghanistan, pledged that they would set aside internal differences to focus on fight... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057820/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:48:01 -0500 MSNBC http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057820/ Russia's envoy to NATO is criticizing the alliance's military strategy in Afghanistan - where the emphasis has shifted away from fighting drug trafficking - saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggl... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057690/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:45:09 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057690/ BRUSSELS (AP) - Russia's envoy to NATO has sharply criticized the alliance's shift away from fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan, saying the resulting surge in heroin smuggling is endangering Rus... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057697/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:41:13 -0500 Breitbart http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057697/ BRUSSELS (AP) - Russia's envoy to NATO is criticizing the alliance's military strategy in Afghanistan - where the emphasis has shifted away from fighting drug trafficking - saying the resulting surge ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057683/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:35:14 -0500 Find Law http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33057683/ A fghan prison conditions are horrific, torture is common and police frequently rape female detainees, the U.S. State Department finds in its annual survey of human rights. The damning report pai... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055460/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:12:04 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055460/ BRUSSELS -- Russia's envoy to NATO is criticizing the alliance's military strategy in Afghanistan - where the emphasis has shifted away from fighting drug trafficking - saying the resulting surge in ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055468/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:02:45 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055468/ They believe military pressures in the Pakistani border region are making the Afghan militants reluctant to cooperate with their longtime allies. Not all officials are convinced. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055443/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:42 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055443/ They believe military pressures in the Pakistani border region are making the Afghan militants reluctant to cooperate with their longtime allies. Not all officials are convinced. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055594/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:30 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055594/ They believe military pressures in the Pakistani border region are making the Afghan militants reluctant to cooperate with their longtime allies. Not all officials are convinced. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055678/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:33:25 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055678/ BRUSSELS—Russia's envoy to NATO is criticizing the alliance's military strategy in Afghanistan—where the emphasis has shifted away from fighting drug trafficking—saying the resulting... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055580/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:15:37 -0500 Denver Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055580/ KABUL (AP) - Insurgents attacked a police post in eastern Afghanistan with guns and then detonated a roadside bomb as reinforcements sped to the scene, killing three members of an elite strike force, ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055179/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:07:00 -0500 Find Law http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055179/ BRUSSELS (AP) - Russia's envoy to NATO is criticizing the alliance's military strategy in Afghanistan - where the emphasis has shifted away from fighting drug trafficking - saying the resulting surge ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055573/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:06:59 -0500 Find Law http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33055573/ BRUSSELS — Russia's envoy to NATO is criticizing the alliance's military strategy in Afghanistan - where the emphasis has shifted away from fighting drug trafficking - saying the resulting surge... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33053507/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:53:21 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33053507/ ISLAMABAD: The General Headquarters in Rawalpindi maintained a stony silence as their aspirations to have Afghan soldiers trained by the Pakistan Army appeared to have been politely turned down by Pre... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33053631/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:44:16 -0500 Pak Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33053631/ WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives has roundly defeated a resolution demanding President Barack Obama withdraw all the US forces from Afghanistan, in a key election-year test for his war strateg... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33053632/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:44:14 -0500 Pak Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33053632/ Karzai Meets With Top Officials in Pakistan (March 12, 2010) This week, that commitment seemed less important as two Shinwari subtribes took up arms to fight each other over an ancient land dispute... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33051379/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:48:28 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33051379/ Karzai Meets With Top Officials in Pakistan (March 12, 2010) This week, that commitment seemed less important as two Shinwari subtribes took up arms to fight each other over an ancient land dispute... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33048997/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:49:01 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33048997/ They believe military pressures in the Pakistani border region are making the Afghan militants reluctant to cooperate with their longtime allies. Not all officials are convinced. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33049528/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:19:05 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33049528/ The Swedish artist who drew a caricature depicting Muhammad as a dog says artistic freedom should allow mockery of all religions. Lars Vilks, the target of an alleged murder plot involving a woman cal... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33049527/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:53:10 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33049527/ The military says two Fort Campbell soldiers were killed during an attack in eastern Afghanistan this week. The Department of Defense said in a news release Thursday that 24-year-old Sgt. Jonathan J.... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047742/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:21:36 -0500 WBIR http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047742/ CAMP DUBS, Afghanistan (AP): The Pashtun tribal leaders picked at the chocolate cake and fruit laid out for them at the conference table. Politely, they listened to speeches touting a new program to r... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047745/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:48 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047745/ KHOST (AIP): Two workers of a road construction company were killed and two others sustained injuries in an attack in Dargai district of southeastern Khost province on Thursday, an official said Thurs... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047746/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:48 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047746/ F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held a meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai here Thursday. During the meeting, they discussed various issues of... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047752/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:48 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047752/ HERAT CITY (NNI): Construction work on a building to initiate a project for the promotion of women-made handicrafts has been launched in the western province of Herat, officials said. Financed by the... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047744/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:47 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047744/ KABUL1 (NNI): United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will receive a grant of US$ 19.5 million from the Government of Japan for the 2nd phase of the Enhancement of Li... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047747/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:47 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047747/ KHOST (AIP): A border policeman was killed and another wounded on Thursday in roadside bomb blast in the Gayan district of Paktika province, an official said Thursday. Spokesman of Paktika province, M... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047751/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:47 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047751/ KABUL (AIP): Five Afghan civilians including four children were killed and three more wounded in a mine explosion today (March 11) in Tagab district of Kapisa province, ISAF said Thursday. The wounde... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047748/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:46 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047748/ KABUL (NNI): Despite confrontation over nuclear issue, Middle East and numerous other international subjects, both Tehran and Washington are in consent to fight militancy in Afghanistan but their conf... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047749/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:46 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047749/ Washington (PPI): Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called for early and substantive political negotiations between Afghanistan government and the Taliban and other insurgent groups, s... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047750/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:15:46 -0500 The Frontier Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047750/ Two separate roadside bombings in Taliban hotbed Helmand province in south Afghanistan left five civilians dead on Thursday, officials said."In the first incident, which took place in Taliban for... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047740/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:11:39 -0500 People's Daily http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33047740/ ISLAMABAD — Pakistan will play a major role in peace talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday, apparently trying to dismiss speculation that Kabul was trying to sideli... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33044696/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:35:55 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33044696/ U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing it of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33044835/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:32:49 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33044835/ Karzai Welcomes Pakistan's Help in Negotiating with Taliban The U.S. government's annual human rights report calls Afghanistan's human rights record poor but says much of that is because the security ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041107/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:12 -0500 VOA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041107/ NATO allies lobbied Afghan's president for a separate legal framework to handle prisoners captured around Kandahar in late 2006 but those efforts went "nowhere," internal Canadian government memos say... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041188/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:28 -0500 CBC News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041188/ NATO allies lobbied Afghan's president for a separate legal framework to handle prisoners captured around Kandahar in late 2006 but those efforts went "nowhere," internal Canadian government memos say... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041189/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:27 -0500 CBC News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041189/ NATO allies lobbied Afghan's president for a separate legal framework to handle prisoners captured around Kandahar in late 2006 but those efforts went "nowhere," internal Canadian government memos say... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041185/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:24:22 -0500 CBC News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041185/ British soldiers on a joint foot patrol with US Marines in Musa Qala, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters Control of a key town in southern http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041272/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:13:27 -0500 The Guardian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33041272/ Afghan army commandos stand on a sand bank as a U.S. Army Apache helicopter flies above at sunset in Marjah's Balakino Bazar neighborhood on Feb. 24. http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33038096/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:55:52 -0500 NPR http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33038096/ Seventeen-year-old Bebe tells "World News"' Diane Sawyer about how her face was mutilated by her Taliban husband for running away to escape his beatings. She and other battered woman have sought refug... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33037727/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:55:59 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33037727/ Afghan and Canadian engineers quickly repair a bridge blown up by a Taliban suicide bomber. It provides a crucial trade and travel link between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Canadians are tea... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33034884/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:52:30 -0500 Canada.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33034884/ At least 16 suspected Taliban insurgents, including top extremist commander, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, were reportedly killed in a couple of US drone attacks in North Waziristan.According to sources, in the ... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33034886/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:10 -0500 Daily Star http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33034886/ , and cited abuses around the world - including in Iran, China, Afghanistan and Burma.In the report released Thursday, the department says the Iranian government severely limited citizens' right to pe... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031694/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:51:41 -0500 VOA http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031694/ LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers will take over security from British troops in the Musa Qala area of southern Afghanistan as Washington builds up its force as part of a new counter-insurgency strateg... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031897/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:50:07 -0500 West Australian http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031897/ American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 11, 2010 – Afghan and international forces detained numerous suspected insurgents, including two Taliban operatives, and seized enemy weapons in o... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031896/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:28:41 -0500 Defense Link http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031896/ Afghan and Canadian engineers quickly repair a bridge blown up by a Taliban suicide bomber. It provides a crucial trade and travel link between southern Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Canadians are tea... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031895/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:17:14 -0500 Canada.com http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031895/ TARNAK BRIDGE -- Canadian, American and Afghan military engineers repaired a bomb-damaged bridge on Thursday that the Taliban had attacked because it is southern Afghanistan's lifeline to Pakistan. "... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031648/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:16:05 -0500 National Post http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031648/ LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers will take over security from British troops in the Musa Qala area of southern Afghanistan as Washington builds up its force as part of a new counter-insurgency strateg... http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031891/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:26 -0500 Reuters http://story.afghanistansun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/6e1d5c8e1f98f17c/id/33031891/