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News Watch March 2008

Mar 31: The Opium Brides of Afghanistan, Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau, Newsweek

Mar 30: Pakistan: Taliban welcomes offer of talks, Al Jazeera

Mar 30: Tackling rising drug addiction in Parwan Province, IRIN

Mar 30: Hayden: Pakistan Border Poses Danger, Hope Yen, Washington Post

Mar 28: Afghan radio station attacked, Amir Shah, Afghan News Network

Mar 28: Afghanistan And Regional Instability: A Risk Assessment, Heidi Kjaernet and Stina Torjesen, Afghanistan Conflict Monitor

Mar 27: Taliban foot soldiers deeply ignorant of the world, Graeme Smith, The Globe and Mail

Mar 27: Cell Phone Shutdown Angers Afghans, Jason Straziuso, AP /

Mar 27: Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans, C.J. Chivers, New York Times

Mar 26: Eight civilians killed in Afghan blast: police, AFP / Afghan News Network

Mar 26: Army reaches 70,000 mark, as taliban vows new offensive, Ron Synovitz, Eurasianet.org

Mar 26: Taliban Again Threaten Spring Offensive, Asharq Alawsat

Mar 26: 'Leave Taleban to Afghans' call, BBC

Mar 25: Report: Afghan aid money spent on high salaries, living costs, Lindsay Holmwood and Kent Kilpatrick, International Herald Tribune

Mar 25: Iran, Tajikistan, Afghanistan to bolster economic, cultural ties, Irna

Mar 25: Army using $150,000 artillery shells in Afghanistan, Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press

Mar 25: Tribal animosity drawing Taliban recruits, Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail

Mar 24: 5 deminers killed, 7 others injured by militants attack in N. Afghansitan, Relief Web

Mar 24: 100 Afghan Drug Police Killed Last Year, Rahim Faiez, The Guardian

Mar 24: Inside Afghanistan: Interview with Afghan VP Abdul Karim Khalili, Mohammed Al Shafey, Asharq Al-Awsat

Mar 24: Younger leadership for Taliban in Afghanistan, Reuters / The Telegraph

Mar 24: Air strikes, war on drugs drive Taliban, Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail

Mar 22: Torture Allegations Dog Guantanamo Trials, Andy Worthington, The Huffington Post

Mar 22: Talking to the Taliban: Portrait of the enemy, Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail

Mar 19: Deaths in US raid on Afghan home, Al Jazeera

Mar 19: The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn, Robert Fisk, The Independent

Mar 18: PAKISTAN: NGOs worried about "volatile" security situation, IRIN

Mar 18: Al-Hajj's Guantanamo cartoon banned, Al Jazeera

Mar 18: Afghans demonstrate against 'deployment of Russian troops', RIA Novosti

Mar 18: Students play truant to work in Helmand’s poppy fields, IRIN

Mar 17: Kabul’s air pollution putting people’s health at risk, IRIN

Mar 17: Interview - New U.N. envoy seeks to coordinate Afghan efforts, Wojciech Moskwa, Reuters / Relief Web

Mar 17: Security still ‘major constraint’ in Afghanistan relief efforts – UN official, Relief Web

Mar 17: Suicide bomb kills seven in southern Afghanistan, Reuters

Mar 17: German Turk behind suicide attack on US Afghan base, myantiwar.org

Mar 16: Afghanistan expects first Olympic medal in Beijing, xinhuanet.com

Mar 16: Young Afghan woman runs toward Olympics despite jeers, potential danger, AP / International Herald Tribune

Mar 14: Russia throws a wrench in NATO's works, M K Bhadrakumar, Liveleak.com

Mar 13: Kabul suicide blast kills civilians, Al Jazeera

Mar 13: Abuse allegations cloud coming war court cases, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald

Mar 13: US Forces In Afghanistan Confirm Strike In Pakistan, AFP / Nasdaq

Mar 13: Pakistan protests after US strike kills four, AFP / Khaleej Times

Mar 13: Woman climbs to top of singing contest, irking some conservatives in Afghanistan, AP / International Herald Tribune

Mar 13: Afghan's hearing gets off on wrong foot, Omar El Akkad, Globe and Mail

Mar 12: Combatants may get phone link to home, Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald

Mar 12: UN Secretary-General warns of threats to "still fragile" country, IRIN

Mar 12: Afghan villages struggle in Taliban’s orbit, Paktribune.com

Mar 12: Taleban threat hits Afghan phones, Sanjoy Majumder, BBC News

Mar 12: Afghan doctors' strike called off, BBC News

Mar 12: Two Afghan children, two women killed in exchange of fire: ISAF, AFP

Mar 12: Afghan Detainee Wants to Boycott Trial, Michael Melia, AP / Seattle Times

Mar 11: Returnees struggle to find shelter, (video), IRIN

Mar 11: Taliban hampering Afghan polio vaccination: health officials, Relief Web

Mar 11: Afghan city on strike over kidnappings, murder, AFP / Gulf Times

Mar 11: Taliban urge factions to fight foreign forces, Sayed Salahuddin, Reuters

Mar 11: Afghan death toll soars to 8,000 last year, Matthew Weaver, The Guardian

Mar 10: Al Qaeda Online Supporters Lash Out at Taliban for Not Remaining Loyal to the Global Jihad, Fox News

Mar 10: £3 million to feed the poorest in Afghanistan, Relief Web

Mar 10: Lost in Afghanistan, Alan Johnson, The Guardian

Mar 10: Food shortages cause grass eating, displacement, IRIN

Mar 10: Afghanistan's political transition faces serious challenges – UN report, Relief web

Mar 10: Talks on TAP gas pipeline project on April 22, 23, Daily Times

Mar 10: Afghan clashes up in 2008 but in fewer places: NATO, Jon Hemming, Reuters

Mar 9: Afghan protesters burn Dutch, Danish flags, AFP / Arab Times Online

Mar 9: US official: More military contracts should be awarded to Afghan companies, AP / E-ariana

Mar 9: The Afghan Hero Who Died in Guantánamo, Andy Worthington, The Huffington Post

Mar 8: Sharp rise in reported cases of violence against women, IRIN

Mar 8: Afghanistan welcomes Norway's Eide as new UN envoy, Jon Hemming, Alertnet.org

Mar 8: Afghan president calls for end to forced marriage, AFP / Yahoonews.com

Mar 8: Report Complete on Marine Shooting, AP / Military.com

Mar 8: NATO invites Russia to cooperate in peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, Interfax

Mar 7: Equal human rights, M. Ashraf Haidari, The Washington Times

Mar 6: White Magic in Northern Afghanistan, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, IWPR