Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 17, 2013



Objections To U.S. Troops Intensify In Afghanistan -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — The continued presence of American Special Operations troops in Wardak Province, against the wishes of the Afghan government, brought demonstrators to the capital on Saturday and provoked a strongly worded denunciation from Muslim clerics.

President Hamid Karzai had given the Americans until March 10 to remove all Special Operations troops from the province, after complaints about night raids in which victims disappeared.

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More News On Afghanistan

Deal Likely to Keep U.S. Elite Forces in Key Afghan Province: Official
-- New York Times/Reuters
US helicopter crashes killing 1 as losses mount in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. copter down in Afghanistan; 1 killed -- UPI
Afghan forces thwart unprecedented terror plot in Kabul -- Long War Journal
US troops, Afghan police tour village in 'birthplace of Taliban -- Stars and Stripes

Street protests after alleged US abuse -- Sydney Morning Herald
Afghans Protest US Special Operators in Wardak -- ABC News/AP
Massive Afghan rally demands US troops withdrawal from Wardak province (VIDEO) -- RT (Russia)
Afghans ask US troops to leave Wardak -- Xinhuanet (China)
Afghans protest US forces in restive province -- Al Jazeera

In Afghanistan, Karzai is on a high-stakes quest for sovereignty
-- Washington Post
Afghan Clerics Warn U.S. on Karzai Demands
-- Wall Street Journal
Afghan clerics warn US over 'occupation' -- The Australian

Afghanistan's freedom fighters -- Paul McGeough, The Australian
Witnessing Afghanistan's future and past -- Michael Tomberlin, al.com

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