OUTPOST WATCH - A U.S. Marine watches the main road from his post at the district center in Delaram, Afghanistan, April 12, 2011. The Marine is assigned to the Police Advisor Team, Regimental Combat Team 8. The Marines have been manning posts at the center while supporting the Afghan police. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James FrazerAfghan Taliban Intelligence Network Embraces The New -- L.A. Times
The Taliban uses its intelligence skills to probe for weak spots that leave an opening for suicide bombers, to monitor Western and Afghan forces and to stymie efforts to improve public services.
The Taliban has deepened its infiltration of Afghan institutions and sharpened its surveillance of Afghan and foreign troops as it seeks to exploit an edge in the information war that will help decide the fate of the insurgency.
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Afghan tribal elder killed in suicide bombing -- L.A. Times
Karzai blasts 'foreign agents' for Afghan suicide attack -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
West trains spies to hunt Taliban in Afghan forces: The goal is to prevent killings by rogue security personnel -- MSNBC
Afghan Police Paid by Phone to Cut Graft in Anti-Taliban War -- Bloomberg
Clinton warns NATO on speedy Afghan withdrawal -- Yahoo News/AP
Clinton cautions against rush to exit in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Saudis 'To Host Peace Talks' On Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
Afghan mullahs push peaceful protest in wake of Quran-burning violence -- Christian Science Monitor
Afghanistan struggles to educate girls -- Deutsche Welle
A political endgame in Afghanistan -- Global Post
Nato 'making significant progress' in Afghanistan -- BBC (Video)
Deployment in Afghanistan can be dicey -- Your Carlynton
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