Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 6, 2012

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Guillermo Floresmartines uses the scope on his M4 assault carbine to scan the area near a canal during a patrol around the villages of Sre Kala and Paygel in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Feb. 16, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfred V. Lopez

Afghan Investigator: US Burning Of Qurans Was Intentional -- MSNBC

KABUL -- The burning of copies of the Quran at an American base in Afghanistan was intentional, said a member of the team investigating the incident that triggered widespread and deadly anti-Western protests.

"We believe it is intentional," Maulavi Khaliqdad, a member of the panel established by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur on Monday. "If they burnt one or two copies, then we could have said it could have been a mistake. But they took hundreds of such books to burn. Everyone knew those were religious books."

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More News On Afghanistan

Combined Force Captures Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update - March 6, 2012 -- ISAF
War In Afghanistan News - 6 March 2012 -- War On Terror News
Afghan National Army special forces increase security within Kandahar -- Dvids
US wants unconditional NATO supply resumption to Afghanistan -- New Kerala

Afghan government says likely to reach U.S. prison deal -- Swiss Info
Afghan Leader Says Progress Made On Long-Term U.S. Deal -- Radio Free Europe
No Sign of Progress in Afghanistan Talks Embittered by Koran Burnings -- New York Times
U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Talks Stalled -- New york Times/Reuters
Heightened U.S.-Afghan tensions threaten strategic talks -- CNN
NATO Report Suggests Taliban Attacks Are Dropping -- US News And World Report

Avalanche buries entire Afghan village, killing at least 37 -- The Telegraph
Avalanche 'kills 37' in Afghan village -- AFP
Avalanche buries remote village of 200 in northeastern Afghanistan, scores feared dead -- Washington Post/AP

Afghanistan's only foreign defence lawyer -- BBC
Afghan artists use graffiti to depict war, oppression -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Since Skiing Came to Afghanistan, It Has Been Pretty Much All Downhill -- Wall Street Journal

Q&A : The poet of Kandahar -- Al Jazeera
The PR challenge in Afghanistan: suicide bombing, Quran burning, and murky data -- Christian Science Monitor
Book burning: When history repeats itself -- Tarak Barkawi, Al Jazeera
Afghanistan Inferno: Anti-Coalition Resentment Long Time Burning -- Al Bawaba
Why One Tech-Savvy Aid Worker Had to Flee Afghanistan -- Danger Room