Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 7, 2011

UPHILL BARREL - Two U.S Army soldiers roll fuel barrels up a vehicle ramp near Forward Operating Base Waza K'wah in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Jan. 29, 2011. U.S. forces air-dropped the fuel during a resupply mission in the province. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

Afghan Peace council Risks Angering US By Demanding release Of Taliban Leader Khairullah Khairkhwa From Guantanamo -- The Telegraph

A peace council appointed by Afghanistan's president has stepped into confrontation with America by demanding the release of a top Taliban leader from Guantanamo Bay to precipitate talks.

The demand that Khairullah Khairkhwa is released has emerged as the first formal recommendations from the High Peace Council.

Khairkhwa was an interior minister, then governor of one of Afghanistan's largest cities before the Taliban were toppled.

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More News On Afghanistan

US troops killed in Afghan suicide blast -- AFP
Suicide bomber targets U.S. troops in Afghan south -- Reuters
Afghan officials says bomb strikes Kandahar -- AP
1 dead after bombing in Kandahar -- Army Times
British soldier killed in Afghanistan accident -- Yahoo News/AFP
District Chief Shot Dead In Eastern Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
Afghan bombing kills 1; gunmen kill local chief -- AP
Daily brief: bombings strike Kandahar, Karachi -- Foreign Policy
Digger's death 'a knife in the guts' for troops -- ABC News (Australia)
Insurgents target more Afghan government officials -- Army.mil
Hundreds of Afghan fighters to lay down arms: NATO -- Reuters
Teenage soldier discovers bomb factory in Afghanistan -- Daily Telegraph

Afghanistan's hidden Taliban government -- NDTV
In Eastern Afghanistan, at War With the Taliban’s Shadowy Rule -- New York Times
Afghan Taliban would be open to talks: report -- Yahoo News/Reuters

U.S. initiative to arm Afghan villagers carries some risks -- Washington Post
In Ghazni Province, Stacks of Taliban Records and Photographs -- New York Times

Canada's hired guns in Afghanistan slammed in U.S. report -- CTV
Afghan hired guns bill tops $41M -- CBC

Karzai Sets March 21 as Start of Security Transfer to Afghan Forces -- Voice of America
Germany pledges to support Afghanistan after troop withdrawal -- Deutsche Welle
Kabul denies agreeing to buy all fuel from Iran -- Yahoo News/AFP
A Political Solution for a Political War -- Joshua Foust, Registan