AfghanPak War News Updates -- March 26, 2009

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jason Basilides, center, listens to a group of villagers ask for supplies at the district center near Forward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan, March 20, 2009. Basilides is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini

Afghan Strikes By Taliban Get Pakistan Help, U.S. Aides Say -- International Herald Tribune

WASHINGTON: The Taliban's widening military campaign in southern Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from operatives in Pakistan's military intelligence agency, despite Pakistani government promises to sever ties to militant groups fighting in Afghanistan, according to American government officials.

The support consists of money, military supplies and strategic planning guidance to Taliban commanders who are gearing up to confront the international force in Afghanistan that will soon include some 17,000 American reinforcements.

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