AfghanPak War News Updates -- March 26, 2009

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Basilides, center, listens to a group of villagers ask for supplies at the district center near Forward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2009. Basilides is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini

Afghan Strikes By Taliban Get Pakistan Help, U.S. Aides Say -- International Herald Tribune

WASHINGTON: The Taliban's widening military campaign in southern Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from operatives in Pakistan's military intelligence agency, despite Pakistani government promises to sever ties to militant groups fighting in Afghanistan, according to American government officials.

The support consists of money, military supplies and strategic planning guidance to Taliban commanders who are gearing up to confront the international force in Afghanistan that will soon include some 17,000 American reinforcements.

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Pakistan reported helping Taliban -- UPI
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U.S. Plans New Drone Attacks in Pakistan -- Wall Street Journal
In Afghan War, US Dominance Increasing -- Washington Post
Further Military Commitment in Afghanistan May Be Toughest Sell Yet -- FOX News
Obama overhauls US Afghan strategy -- Christian Science Monitor
Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan Kill 9 Police Officers -- New York Times
Bomb Kills 9 on Minibus in Afghanistan -- New York Times
East Afghanistan Roadside Bomb Kills 10 Civilians -- Toronto Star
Three Diggers Wounded in Afghanistan -- The Australian
Police Arrest Taliban Commanders in Southern Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
US Says Shot Afghans Were Not Civilians -- Reuters
Pakistan suicide blast kills 10: local official - -AFP
U.S. strikes in Pakistan "justify jihad" - cleric -- Reuters
Netherlands to stick to its Afghanistan pullout plan -- China View
Auditors Warn of Afghan Aid Waste -- Washington Times
Contractors Surge to Afghanistan -- Associated Press
Galbraith Gets Key UN Afghanistan Role -- The Times
Rebuilding Afghanistan will be long, costly effort -- AP
Rudd: Australia in Afghanistan for 'long haul' -- AFP
Pakistani Region Where Brutal Taleban are Back in Control -- The Times
Deeper into Afghanistan -- SFGate