Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 5, 2011

DEBRIEFING - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ladonna Prosser debriefs Afghan soldiers with Route Clearance Company, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, on a pressure plate they discovered during an improvised explosive device training course at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 23. 2011. Prosser is the explosive ordnance disposal team leader at Camp Dwyer. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesse Stence

Coalition Expects Taliban Spring Assault -- UPI

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 4 (UPI) -- Taliban militants likely will initiate a campaign in the spring to reclaim ground in Afghanistan lost last year to U.S. troops, U.S. military officials said.

Officials said one element of the expected offensive could be the use of suicide bombing teams against those associated with the Afghan government or coalition forces, The Washington Post reported.

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Bing West's "The Wrong War," on Afghanistan strategy -- Washington Post
Pentagon Hit for Lax Oversight of $4.2 Billion Afghan Food Supply Contract -- Bloomberg
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