Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 13, 2010

MISSILE TARGET - An U.S. Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter checks the area near Combat Outpost Bari Alai after firing air-to-ground missiles into a cave during an extended complex attack by anti-Afghan forces in eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan, April 10, 2010. The event started when an estimated 30 anti-Afghan personnel fired on a dismounted patrol near Nishigam village, wounding three. The base received small arms and heavy machine gun fire from the surrounding territory. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte

Nato Taleban Blitz In Jeopardy After Troops Shoot Woman And Child On Bus -- Times Online

Nato plans for a massive operation in southern Afghanistan suffered a setback yesterday when soldiers opened fire on a bus, killing four civilians including a woman and child, and wounding more than 12 others.

The incident, on a road outside the city of Kandahar sparked angry protests. Elders in Kandahar — where the latest Nato operation will be focused — said that what little faith people still had in the coalition had evaporated.

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More News On Afghanistan

Shooting by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan fuels Karzai's anger -- Washington Post
For good of Afghanistan war, US seeks truce with Hamid Karzai -- Christian Science Monitor
Message to Afghanistan's Karzai: You're not irreplaceable -- USA Today
Civilians Killed as U.S. Troops Fire on Afghan Bus -- New York Times
U.S. Troops Kill Four Civilians on Afghan Bus -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. troops kill 4 on passenger bus in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
NATO Troops Kill 4 Civilians On Bus in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
General Stanley McChrystal frustrated by Nato’s civilian death toll -- Times Online
Anti-American anger grows in Afghanistan -- Globe And Mail
Taliban birthplace in S. Afghanistan experiences day of terror -- Xinhuanet
Roadside bomb blasts kill 6 Afghan security forces -- AP

In Afghanistan war, government corruption bigger threat than Taliban -- Christian Science Monitor
Afghan Officials Want to Direct More Foreign Aid -- New York Times/AP
Kazakhstan to Permit Military Overflights to Afghanistan -- New York Times
Direct Afghanistan flights are a step closer -- Air Force Times
Captain Doug Beattie finds lure of Afghanistan too great as he rejoins Army -- Times Online
Afghanistan: Emotions bubble over as heroes return -- Mirror.co.uk

Italian Aid Group Protests Detentions in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Italians held over 'plot' to assassinate Afghan chief -- Independent
AFGHANISTAN: Helmand arrests shock aid workers -- IRIN

Marines try unorthodox tactics to disrupt Afghan opium harvest -- Washington Post
Despite reports of progress, Afghan women still struggle -- Stars And Stripes
In pictures: US Marines support civilians in Afghanistan -- BBC News