Afghanistan War News Updates -- March 26, 2012

U.S. Army Spc. Austin Makowski, left, and Staff Sgt. Brandon Amarone, right, provide security while members of Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team's engineering department assess a project site in Kandahar, Afghanistan, March 5, 2012. Makowski and Amarone are assigned to the provincial team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Chacon

Nato Deaths Raise Tension Over Afghanistan Strategy -- The Guardian

After a recent series of incidents, opinion in Afghanistan and the west is hardening towards an accelerated withdrawal.

This time of year in Afghanistan is supposed to be the quiet period – when attacks are down and Nato tries to consolidate any gains it has made before the new "fighting season" begins in a few weeks.

Instead, the coalition has been beset by problems, some of its own making, and the deaths of two more Nato soldiers will raise the same awkward questions.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Overview -- Yahoo News
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update - March 26, 2012 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News - 25 March 2012 -- War On Terror News

Afghan in army uniform kills NATO soldiers -- Al Jazeera
Man in Afghan Uniform Kills NATO Service Members -- Voice of America
Afghan soldier kills 2 British troops -- AP
Soldiers killed in Afghanistan 'were British' -- AFP
Nato troops killed by gunman in Afghan army uniform -- BBC
Man in Afghan army uniform shoots 2 NATO troops in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Two NATO troops shot dead by latest suspected rogue Afghan soldier -- National Post/Reuters
Nato service members killed by Afghan soldier inside British base -- The Telegraph
Timeline: Rogue attacks against NATO troops in Afghanistan. -- Yahoo News/Reuters

One U.S.soldier and eight Afghans killed in 'remote controlled' bomb blast -- Daily Mail
At Least 8 Killed in Afghan Bomb Blast -- Voice of America
ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- Sana
ISAF Commander: U.S., Afghanistan Relationship Remains Intact -- Defpro
ISAF Commander to Examine Afghanistan Force Package -- Defpro

Iranian president Ahmadinejad scolds U.S.: ‘Better to respect nations than to scare them’ -- National Post/Reuters
Iranian leader says US can no longer dictate policy -- Reuters
Ahmadinejad tirade on Afghanistan prompts US walkout -- AFP

US evoy hails Julia Gillard's vow to stay the course in Afghanistan -- The Australian
U.S. negotiation efforts with Taliban have failed: group -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Afghans fear for future when NATO forces leave -- AFP
World must not abandon Afghanistan after combat mission ends, says UK ambassador -- The Telegraph
Leaving Afghanistan is West's priority: think-tank -- Yahoo News/AFP

Analysis: Why the aid drawdown in Afghanistan could be a good thing -- IRIN
Robert Bales and the Twin Lessons of Afghanistan, 170 Years Apart -- Mort Rosenblum, New York Times
Britain's war cemetery in Kabul is a sobering reminder of our sacrifice in Afghanistan -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph