Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 11, 2010

Gates: Afghan Exit Could Be Accelerated -- Washington Times/AP

Pullout tied to conditions on ground.

PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.

Without giving specifics, Mr. Gates said, "It would have to be conditions-based."

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More News On Afghanistan

Gates: US Forces in Afghanistan May Speed Up Security Handover -- Voice of America
Gates: Early pullout reliant on 'conditions' in Afghanistan -- CNN
Gates: Iran support for Taliban 'pretty limited' -- AP

Bomb Kills Four Afghan Children, One Adult -- Time Magazine/AP
Report: Captured Taliban No. 2 'Singing Like a Male Canary' -- FOX News
'Arrest of Afghan Taliban leaders in Pak aimed at derailing Afghan reconciliation' -- Sify
British official urges Afghanistan to negotiate with Taliban, other insurgents -- Washington Post
Talks With Taliban To Decide Afghanistan's Future? -- NPR

We don't want proxy wars in Afghanistan, Karzai says -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to revive jirga process -- DAWN
Afghanistan welcomes Pakistani role in peace talks -- AP
Afghanistan and Pakistan Pledge Cooperation -- New York Times
Pakistani spy chief, crucial to U.S. aims in Afghanistan, to stay on -- McClatchy News
Spy Chief in Pakistan to Stay On Another Year -- New York Times

US Congress Rejects Plan to Leave Afghanistan by Year’s End -- New York Times
Bipartisan blowout blocks Afghanistan withdrawal -- Washington Times
House rejects pullout from Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Rep. Patrick Kennedy calls news media 'despicable' for ignoring war in Afghanistan -- Chicago Tribune (Video)

Overworked U.S. Embassy in Kabul straining to meet administration's demands -- Washington Post
In Kabul, hopelessness weighs on job hunters -- L.A. Times
Interview: ‘My Life With the Taliban’ -- New York Times
Confused Narratives on Marjah -- Captain's Journal