Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 15, 2011

FIELD PATROL - A coalition U.S. Army soldier assigned to Special Operations Task Force West patrols villages and fields around Mirmandab, Afghanistan, April 7, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Marcus J. Quarterman

Clinton Predicts Violent Spring In Afghanistan -- Washington Post

KABUL — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday warned NATO allies not to abandon Afghanistan and predicted a violent spring in the war as the Taliban attempts to regain ground lost to NATO forces over the past year.

“We have to steel ourselves and our publics for the possibility that the Taliban will resort to the most destructive and sensational attacks we have seen,” she said at a NATO summit in Berlin.

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More News On Afghanistan

Clinton cautions against rush to exit in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Spring fighting season to test gains in Afghan war -- Stars And Stripes/AP
U.S., Afghan Forces Hold Former Insurgent Havens -- U.S. Department of Defense

Suicide bomber hugs, then kills Kandahar police chief; Taliban take credit -- Canadian Press
Police Chief Assassinated in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Suicide Bomber Kills Prominent Afghan Police Chief -- Voice of America
Police chief killed in Afghan suicide attack -- Al Jazeera
Afghan suicide blast kills Kandahar police chief -- AFP

Suicide bombers in Afghanistan kill 3 police officers -- L.A. Times
Suicide attacks target Afghan police, killing 3 -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Taliban suicide squad kills three Afghan police -- AFP
Suicide assault team hits Afghan police training facility -- Long War Journal

U.N.: 7 million Afghans will go hungry without aid -- Reuters
Afghanistan: massive funding shortage for fighting hunger -- Examiner
Lack of funds threatens UN food aid to millions of vulnerable Afghans -- UN News Centre

U.S. senator: 'I'm not confident' on Afghanistan -- CNN
NATO summit ends with fund for Afghanistan -- UPI
Turkey in talks on Taliban office in Istanbul -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Assignment Kandahar: Meeting a former Taliban commander -- National Post
Women of Afghanistan's future -- CNN
Behind U.S. condolence payments for Afghan civilians -- L.A. Times
A Motley Consensus on the Afghanistan Line Item -- James Dao, New York Times