18 March 2010 - Scores of people dead and injured in traffic accident along Kabul to Pul-i-Khumri highway; Helmand police killed two would-be suicide bombers who entered Lashkar Gah clad in burqas; Afghan Government urged to sign agreement banning use of cluster bombs; and 35 killed in bus crash.

17 March 2010 - Afghanistan should not be turned into battleground among countries – Obama; Karzai to boost counter-corruption department’s powers; Karzai meets new UN envoy; Government denies peace talks with Taliban deputy leader; 2010 will be “difficult” year in Afghanistan - US general; and Ban Ki-moon to the reintegrated Afghan insurgents: Respect the will of Afghans.

17 March 2010 - Nangarhar’s Governor has announced that every girls' school in his province, including those in remote districts, will soon have at least one computer class.

16 March 2010 - Head of Counter Corruption complains that his office does not have enough power; Roadside mine explosion kills five civilians in Ghazni; Foreign UN staffers return to Afghanistan; Russia spends US$ 17 billion annually on Afghan drugs; Hundreds of people in Kunar stage protest and condemn the killing of nine civilians by Afghan and NATO troops.

15 March 2010 - United Nations agencies and the Afghan health ministry are conducting a three-day campaign aimed at vaccinating an estimated 7.7 million children under the age of five against polio.