Afghani police class with Iranains:

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AP:

"Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday. The incident in the village of Pul-e-Abreshum in Nimroz province happened Saturday after an Iranian patrol entered Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

Afghan police dispatched a unit to the village and a gunbattle ensued. A teacher from the village was killed during the firefight, said provincial police chief Gen. Ayub Badakhshi.

Two Iranian officers were wounded, the statement said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080420/ap_on_re_as/afghanistan

It looks like the Iranians have decided if we can't keep Afghan opium out of their country, they will.

More good news from the forgotten war, but we can't be concerned, we're too busy fighting on the main front in Iraq.

McClatchy papers reports:

"While America's attention remains focused on Iraq, violence is escalating in Afghanistan, worrying senior U.S. defense officials and commanders who are struggling to find some 7,000 more American and European troops to combat resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida forces.

There are indications that Islamic militants may have adopted a new strategy of avoiding U.S. and NATO forces and staging attacks in provinces that haven't seen major unrest and on easy targets such as aid organizations and poorly trained Afghan police. . .

'I'm deeply concerned,' Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee earlier this month. 'In this economy of force operation, we do what we can. Requirements exist that we simply cannot fill and won't likely be able to fill until conditions improve in Iraq.'

Some 3,500 additional U.S. Marines arrived in southern Afghanistan recently, but they're due to leave at the end of the year, and no replacements have been identified."

http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_8982450?source=rss

I hope the Pentagon's message force-multipliers, um I mean "military analysts," got their talking points on this story.

'The war in Afghansiatn is going great! Brilliant!'