Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 3, 2012

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Tyler Rux, right, U.S. Army Sgt. Robert Addington, center, and U.S. Army Spc. Clark Choate, left, patrol through a field near the village of Gorchek in Afghanistan's Khowst province, March 30, 2012. Rux, Addington, and Choate are assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment, Task Force Blue Geronimo. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

Taliban Kill At Least 9 Afghan Police, 14 Taken Hostage -- RIA Novosti

At least nine Afghan police officers were killed and 14 others were taken hostage in two separate attacks by Taliban militants on police outposts in northern and southern Afghanistan in the early hours of Tuesday, local media reported.

At least three Afghan policemen were killed and 11 went missing when Taliban fighters attacked a police check post in Wardaj, in the northern Badakhshan province, reports quoted the provincial governor’s spokesman as saying.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command evening operational update - April 3, 2012 -- ISAF
War In Afghanistan News - 03 April 2http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif012 -- War On Terror News
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids

NZ soldier dies in Afghanistan -- Stuff.co.nz
Afghanistan: Militants 'kill police by poisoning food' -- BBC
Afghan policemen killed at post in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
6 killed in Taliban attack in Kabul -- Rediff
Taliban Ambush NATO Supply Convoy -- RIA Novosti
NATO denies accelerating Afghanistan troop withdrawal -- Yahoo News/AFP
Generals, rebels, plots: just another Afghan day -- AFP
America, Afghanistan and the prisoners they hold -- Reuters
Security failures in Afghan shootings: NATO -- AFP
NATO admits security failures in Afghan shootings -- Stars and Stripes

Afghanistan's first female Olympic boxer eyes London dream -- CNN
We hate dancing, kite-flying and women... but we love cricket: Taliban's bizarre Q&A on extremist website reveal the one sport acceptable to extremist -- Daily Mail

After Nato what? -- Khaleej Times
Without support, Afghanistan will revert to anarchy -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Afghan War ain’t about hearts and minds - 'just win, baby' -- Kimberly Dvorak, Examiner
What Did America Lose In Afghanistan? – Analysis -- Kubra Turk, Eurasia Review
Taliban Play The Waiting Game – Analysis -- Ahmad Noor, Eurasia Review