Iran to join US in Afghanistan conferences
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Iran will dispatch Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Akhundzadeh to a Shanghai Cooperation Organization conference on Afghanistan to be held in Moscow on Friday …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/
la-fg-iran-afghanistan27-2009mar27,0,6245553.story

Netherlands to stick to its Afghanistan pullout plan
Xinhua – China
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday about next week’s international conference on Afghanistan in The Hague, Verhagen said the decision to end the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-03/26/content_11079013.htm

Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 9 Police Officers
New York Times – United States
By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine Afghan policemen were killed and six officers were wounded in two attacks by Taliban insurgents in southern …
www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/world/asia/27afghan.html?ref=world

Fighters kill police in Afghanistan
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Nine police have been killed by suspected Taliban fighters southern Afghanistan, interior ministry sources say. The ministry said the officers were attacked …
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/03/20093267345721633.html

Attack in Afghanistan kills 9 police
CNN International – USA
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Suspected militants ambushed a police checkpoint in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing nine officers, the interior …
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/26/afghanistan.attack/

Deeper into Afghanistan
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
This week he’s due to outline a new strategy in Afghanistan that’s expected to mean more troops, more fighting and a closer watch on a porous border with …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/
c/a/2009/03/26/ED6A16MRLD.DTL

Rudd Tells Obama Australian Forces in Afghanistan for Long Haul
Bloomberg – USA
By Michael Heath March 26 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledged Australian troops will remain in Afghanistan “for the long haul,” even as more …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060108
1&sid=acdQtB2HSumQ&refer=australia

Rudd: Australia in Afghanistan for ‘long haul’
AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledged Wednesday that Australia was in Afghanistan “for the long haul” but said US President Barack Obama did …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5iujo9B4dxKReHn3s4dJrVKN0Vu8g

Bomb kills 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan
The Associated Press
KABUL (AP) — One roadside bomb killed 10 civilians Wednesday in a van along a route used by foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan while another wounded …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvW
Eqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD975D1BO0

American Galbraith is UN deputy Afghanistan envoy
Reuters – USA
S. diplomat and academic Peter Galbraith on Wednesday to be deputy envoy to Afghanistan to assist Richard Holbrooke, US point-man for Afghanistan and…
www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSN25526169

peace palace library: International Conference on Afghanistan, The …
By rens
Building on the achievements of previous Conferences in Bonn, London and Paris, this Conference should reaffirm the solid and long-term commitment of the international community to supporting the Government of Afghanistan in shaping …
peacepalacelibrary-weekly.blogspot.com/2009/03/
international-conference-on-afghanistan.html

Afghanistan: US, NATO Wage World’s Largest and Longest War “ Pak …
By pakalert
From the beginning of the invasion of and war in Afghanistan in early October of 2001 under the aegis of so-called Operation Enduring Freedom, which commenced with US and British air and missile attacks, the model used seventeen months …
pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/afghanistan-
us-nato-wage-worlds-largest-and-longest-war/

Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan | Out of the Shadows
By Patti
A news weblog reflecting the interests, thoughts and opinions of it’s writer. Thoughts emerging from the quiet of the shadows become ideas, action & opinion. Come along on my journey.
outoftheshadows.ca/2009/03/26/canadas-mission-in-afghanistan/

Insurgents kill 9 police in southern Afghanistan | Home Other …
KABUL (Xinhua) — Taliban insurgents killed nine policemen in Helmand providence south of Afghanistan in an attack on government interest Thursday, a press release of Interior Ministry said.
www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=
452217&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Taliban campaign in southern Afghanistan gets Pak help: report …
WASHINGTON: The Taliban’s widening campaign in southern Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from operatives in Pakistan’s military intelligence agency, despite Pakistani government.
www.geo.tv/3-26-2009/38247.htm