Friday, March 15, 2013

Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 15, 2013

A general view of Bagram prison (file photo)

Dispute Over High-Risk Prisoners Threatens To Disrupt U.S.-Afghan Talks -- Washington Post

A dispute over the fate of about three dozen militants held by U.S. forces in Afghanistan has disrupted negotiations over a long-term security agreement to leave U.S. troops in the country after 2014.

The United States has refused to turn over the prisoners — deemed especially dangerous compared with more than 3,000 already transferred to Afghan control — unless President Hamid Karzai guarantees they will not be released. He has so far declined.

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More News On Afghanistan

U.S. Troops Advise Afghan Forces as Drawdown Proceeds
-- US Department of Defense
MU commander captured in Kunduz -- Long War Journal
Afghanistan's biggest-ever truck bomb defused in Kabul: spy agency -- Reuters
Truck Bomb Plot Foiled in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Huge bomb defused in Afghan capital Kabul -- BBC
U.S. Commander Praises Afghan Forces’ Progress -- US Department of Defense
101st Airborne Division assumes command in Afghanistan -- www.Army.mil
Moving mountains of war gear home from Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes/L.A. Times
Top US commander in Afghanistan warns Karzai comments increase risk -- CNN
US general: Afghan President Karzai is putting American lives at risk -- NBC
General Warns Karzai's Comments May Trigger Insider Attacks on U.S. Troops -- ABC News
Top General In Afghanistan Says Karzai's Bizarre Accusation Put Troops In Danger -- Business Insider
Karzai Says He Wants to Reform Ties with US -- Voice of America
Afghan Politicians Urge U.S. Patience
-- Wall Street Journal
NATO's 'unwinnable' Afghan campaign leaves Kabul unviable -- RT
'Gladiator soldiers' of Afghanistan sunbathe on duty and hit golf balls into enemy Taliban territory, Aussie commander reveals -- Daily Mail
Australian artist frames Afghan war
-- Al Jazeera
Will Nato leave tank graveyards in Afghanistan? -- BBC

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