Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 28, 2011

An Afghan commando keeps watch in the Zharay district, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 6, 2011. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy D. Crisp

Afghan, NATO Forces Preparing For Spring Offensive To Check Militancy: NATO -- Xinhuanet

KABUL, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan force and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) are preparing for a spring offensive to counter a Taliban-led insurgency in militancy- hit Afghanistan, ISAF spokesman said on Monday.

"We are expecting spring offensive by insurgents and the time for that might also depends on poppy harvest in April and May from southern to northern part of Afghanistan ," spokesman of ISAF Brigadier-General Josef Blotz told reporters in a weekly press briefing.

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Suicide Bombing Kills 24 in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
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Truck bomb kills 20, injures dozens in eastern Afghanistan -- McClatchy News
Taliban kill 20 Afghans in suicide assault -- Long War Journal

Taliban militants abduct 50 policemen in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Taliban seize group of would-be Afghan police recruits -- BBC
Taliban insurgents abduct police recruits in eastern Afghanistan -- McClatchy News

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Kabul Bank to Be Liquidated Next Month -- Wall Street Journal
Afghan officials agree to dissolve Kabul Bank, under pressure from U.S. and IMF -- Washington Post

Taliban bomb-planters walk free due to lack of evidence in Afghanistan -- Mirror.co.uk
Russia Envoy: NATO Not Helping Enough to Intercept Afghan Drugs -- Voice of America
The Kill Team: How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses -- Rolling Stone
The Endgame in Afghanistan -- At War/New York Times