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An Afghan soldier speaks to civilians gathered outside a military base in Panjwai, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March 11, 2012, after a U.S. service member allegedly killed 16 Afghans, including nine children and three women. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

EDITORIAL: A tragedy in Afghanistan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

Anar Gul, right, is interviewed as she sits next to the body of her grandson, allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. A U.S. service member walked out of a base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO officials. Villagers showed an Associated Press photographer 15 bodies, including women and children, and alleged they were killed by the American. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Karzai denounces ‘assassination’ of civilians

By Mirwais Khan and Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

An Afghan woman gestures toward the body of a child who allegedly was killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)

Obama expresses condolences for Afghan shootings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Marine Gen. John R. Allen, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, gives an interview to the Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

U.S. trying to determine cause of Afghan shooting spree

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Karzai: American killed 16 Afghan civilians in shooting rampage

By Heidi Vogt and Mirwais Khan - Associated Press

In this June 27, 2006, file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. military guards walk within the Camp Delta military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) ** FILE **

Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo agree to transfer

By Anne Gearan and Rahim Faiez - Associated Press

**FILE** Afghan detainees, seen through a mesh wire fence, prepare for noon prayers on March 23, 2011, inside the Parwan detention facility near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

Afghanistan, U.S. sign deal on prison handover

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HANSON: Sick and tired of the Middle East

By Victor Davis Hanson - The Washington Times

An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Lt. Col. John D. Loftis on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Col Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., died Feb. 25 from wounds suffered during an attack at the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul. (Associated Press)

Culture clash, bribes prod Afghans to turn on NATO

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

LYONS: Forcing our military’s submission

By Adm. James A. Lyons - The Washington Times

A Canadian Army soldier, mentoring the Afghan National Army, follows a training session of Afghan National Army soldiers at the Kabul Military Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul on Wednesday. The Afghan National Army will be tasked with providing security throughout Afghanistan after the last international troops pull out in 2014. (Associated Press)

Wide distrust imperils talks on Afghanistan

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

6 U.K. troops believed killed in Afghanistan

By Patrick Quinn - Associated Press

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

U.S. commanders: No plan to cede Afghan war to CIA

By Kimberly Dozier - Associated Press

Avalanche buries village in Afghanistan; 50 dead

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

U.S. Army Pvt. Danny Chen (Associated Press/U.S. Army)

U.S. troops may go on trial over Afghanistan suicide

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Vets prone to drug addiction get risky painkillers

By LINDSEY TANNER - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai gestures during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Karzai backs strict guidelines for Afghan women

By Heidi Vogt - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times

OWENS: Rumsfeld back in the Pentagon saddle

By Mackubin Thomas Owens - The Washington Times

U.S. troops may face trial over suicide

By Deb Riechmann - Associated Press

Afghan President Hamid Karzai

World Briefs: Karzai backs clerics’ guidelines for women

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES