A U.S. Marine pulls security near a poppy field in Peyo as Marines and Afghan soldiers patrol through the village in the Bala Baluk district in Afghanistan's Farah province, March 29, 2010. The Marines are assigned to Marine Special Operation Command Marines. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas PilchAfghan President, Hamid Karzai, Threatens To Block Nato Offensive -- Times Online
The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast doubt over Nato’s planned summer offensive against the Taliban in the southern province of Kandahar, as more than 10,000 American troops pour in for the fight.
Karzai threatened to delay or even cancel the operation — one of the biggest of the nine-year war — after being confronted in Kandahar by elders who said it would bring strife, not security, to his home province.
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Poison swirls around Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama -- Times Online
Afghan soldier opens fire, wounds 1 NATO soldier -- Reuters
Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, wounds 1 -- CNN
Blasts kill four, hurt 13 in Afghanistan -- CNN
5 Afghan deminers killed in roadside bombing -- AP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, April 11 -- Reuters
3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot -- AP
Italian workers held in Afghan assassination plot -- CNN
Italy charity workers held over Afghan 'plot' -- AFP
Karzai, McChrystal on the road again in show of unity -- Ottawa Citizen
Brigadier Richard Felton takes over Task Force Helm
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Poison swirls around Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama -- Times Online
Afghan soldier opens fire, wounds 1 NATO soldier -- Reuters
Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, wounds 1 -- CNN
Blasts kill four, hurt 13 in Afghanistan -- CNN
5 Afghan deminers killed in roadside bombing -- AP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, April 11 -- Reuters
3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot -- AP
Italian workers held in Afghan assassination plot -- CNN
Italy charity workers held over Afghan 'plot' -- AFP
Karzai, McChrystal on the road again in show of unity -- Ottawa Citizen
Brigadier Richard Felton takes over Task Force Helm
Afghan soldier fires on NATO troops, wounds 1 -- CNN
Blasts kill four, hurt 13 in Afghanistan -- CNN
5 Afghan deminers killed in roadside bombing -- AP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, April 11 -- Reuters
3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot -- AP
Italian workers held in Afghan assassination plot -- CNN
Italy charity workers held over Afghan 'plot' -- AFP
Karzai, McChrystal on the road again in show of unity -- Ottawa Citizen
Brigadier Richard Felton takes over Task Force Helmand -- BBC
In Kandahar, coaxing Afghan police into training -- Washington Post
No More Burger King on Afghanistan Base? -- ABC News
The U.S. can't ignore Karzai's tantrum -- Kathleen Parker, Washington Post
Blasts kill four, hurt 13 in Afghanistan -- CNN
5 Afghan deminers killed in roadside bombing -- AP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, April 11 -- Reuters
3 Italians among 9 held in alleged Afghan plot -- AP
Italian workers held in Afghan assassination plot -- CNN
Italy charity workers held over Afghan 'plot' -- AFP
Karzai, McChrystal on the road again in show of unity -- Ottawa Citizen
Brigadier Richard Felton takes over Task Force Helmand -- BBC
In Kandahar, coaxing Afghan police into training -- Washington Post
No More Burger King on Afghanistan Base? -- ABC News
The U.S. can't ignore Karzai's tantrum -- Kathleen Parker, Washington Post