Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 16, 2012

NATO Helicopter Crash In Afghanistan Kills 12 Turkish Soldiers On Board, 4 Civilians On Ground -- National Post/Reuters

KABUL — A NATO helicopter crashed into a house on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing 12 Turkish soldiers on board and four Afghan civilians on the ground, Turkey’s general staff and a senior Afghan police official said.

The crash came amid growing unease among NATO partner countries about the increasingly unpopular and costly war nearly 11 years into the conflict as most foreign combat troops set to leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

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Nato helicopter crash kills 16 in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
14 dead as Turkish chopper crashes outside Kabul -- L.A. Times
Turkish helicopter crashes in Afghanistan; 14 dead -- AP
Helicopter Crash Kills 12 NATO Troops in Kabul -- New York Times
Turkish soldiers die in Afghanistan helicopter crash -- The Guardian
Deadly Turkish army helicopter crash in Afghanistan -- BBC
Turkish troops killed in Afghan crash -- Al Jazeera

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NATO soldier dies in attack in east Afghanistan -- CBS
New case of Aghan killing Marine -- MyWay/AP

Double blow to Nato as Karzai and Taliban derail Afghanistan strategy -- The Guardian
US strategy for Afghanistan in tatters -- 9News
Insight: Few Options for Afghan, U.S. Leaders After Kandahar Massacre -- New York Times
NATO’s measured exit plan in Afghanistan faces new obstacles -- Washington Post
Panetta: All United in Afghanistan Strategy -- US Department of Defense
Panetta Stresses Importance of Staying Course in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Karzai Urges NATO Withdrawal From Afghan Villages -- Voice of America
Karzai demands NATO pullback from rural areas of Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
Afghanistan wants early takeover of security: Karzai -- AFP
Afghanistan's President Karzai: Get US troops out of our villages -- MSNBC
Karzai urges U.S. pullback after massacre -- CNN
Afghanistan-U.S. Night Raids Talks Ongoing, Official Says -- Hufington Post
Karzai Calls on U.S. to Pull Back as Taliban Cancel Talks -- New York Times
Afghan Taliban suspend talks -- CNN
Taliban call off peace talks with U.S. -- Washington Times
US 'committed' to Taliban talks despite halt -- Al Jazeera

Karzai to meet with families of 16 civilians allegedly killed by U.S. soldier -- CNN
Shootings Probe: Afghan Leader Blasts U.S. -- Time/AP
Lawyer: Afghan Suspect Was Upset About Comrade's Injury -- Voice of America
Suspect in Afghan killings didn't expect 4th deployment, lawyer says -- L.A. Times
Afghan shooting suspect’s lawyer denies he had marital problems -- Washington Post

Obama’s Afghan failure -- Washington Times editoria
Another day in Afghanistan, another setback for the coalition strategy -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Afghanistan Mission: Impossible? -- Mark Thompson, Time