Thursday, March 15, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 15, 2012



Karzai Demands U.S. Troops Leave Village Outposts; Taliban Suspends Peace Talks With U.S. -- Washington Post

KABUL—Afghan President Hamid Karzai demanded Thursday that the United States pull back from combat outposts and confine its troops to military bases, an apparent response to Sunday’s shooting rampage by a U.S. staff sergeant.

Meanwhile, the Taliban said it was suspending preliminary peace talks with the United States due to Washington’s “alternating and ever changing position,” and accused the U.S. of reneging on promises to take meaningful steps toward a prisoner swap.

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More News On Afghanistan

Karzai calls for NATO to leave villages; Taliban scrap talks -- Reuters
Afghanistan wants early takeover of security: Karzai -- AFP
Karzai: NATO should scale back, hasten handover -- CBS/AP
Afghan leader: NATO should pull back to big bases -- AP

Taliban break off 'pointless' Qatar talks with US and Karzai -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan's Taliban Suspend Talks With US -- BBC
Afghan Taliban suspend talks -- CNN
Taliban suspends Afghan peace talks with U.S. -- Euronews

Panetta, Karzai Meet in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Afghan shooting: Panetta visits wary Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor

Afghan shootings: US soldier suspect flown to Kuwait -- BBC
Afghan fury as US soldier accused of massacre is flown to Kuwait -- The Telegraph
US soldier accused of Afghan civilian killings flown to Kuwait -- The Guardian
Afghans fume over transfer of accused U.S. gunman -- CBS/AP
Angry Afghan lawmakers demand shooting suspect be tried in Afghanistan -- FOX News/AP
Days After Afghanistan Massacre, Suspect Unnamed -- ABC News/AP

U.S. Troops Numb, Uncertain After Afghan Massacre -- New York Times/Reuters
Military's search for cause of rampage yields 'no smoking gun' -- Stars and Stripes/McClatchy News
U.S. Gets Its Story Straight as Afghanistan Investigates Massacre -- Atlantic Wire
'Zero Chance' That U.S. Soldier Will Be Tried In Afghanistan, Expert Says -- Radio Free Europe

Afghan Interpreter Who Crashed Truck Near Panetta’s Plane Dies -- New York Times
Afghan who crashed truck where Panetta landed dies -- AP
'These things happen in war,' says Leon Panetta as Afghan would-be 'assassin' dies -- The Telegraph
Afghan interpreter tried to run down Marines, official says -- L.A. Times

ISAF Joint Command evening operational update - March 15, 2012 -- ISAF
Afghanistan massacre casts pall over village operations -- USA Today
Russia may give NATO a base for Afghan supply runs -- Reuters
Poll: Half of Americans want troops home from Afghanistan sooner -- UPI

U.S., Britain say no early exit from Afghanistan
-- L.A. Times
Cameron and Obama Show Unity on Afghanistan -- New York Times
U.S., Britain Will Stick With Strategy in Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense

U.S. must not abandon Afghan women to the Taliban
-- Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, CNN
How will it end in Afghanistan? -- Sandy Gall, L.A. Times
Analysis: Afghanistan increasingly looks like Iraq -- Yahoo News/AP
Game over in Afghanistan -- Fred Kaplan, National Post/Slate
I saw this massacre coming -- Michael Yon, New York Daily News
America's impossible war in Afghanistan achieves nothing -- Tony Karon, The National
What Is Plan B in Afghanistan? -- Steve Coll, New Yorker
McManus: A Plan C for Afghanistan -- Doyle McManus, L.A Times

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