DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghan Celebrates Persian New Year Nowruz At Kart-e-Sakhi Shrine In Kabul, Afghanistan

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghan Celebrates Persian New Year Nowruz At Kart-e-Sakhi Shrine In Kabul, Afghanistan

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 21, 2012: An Afghan military helicopter flies over the crowd gathered for a celebration of the Persian New Year Nowruz at the Kart-e-Sakhi shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 20, 2012. 

Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for "new year," is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in countries including Afghanistan and Iran

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DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghan Soldiers And U.S. Soldier On High Alert Following Shooting In Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province

DTN News - AFGHAN WAR NEWS: Afghan Soldiers And U.S. Soldier On High Alert Following Shooting In Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 11, 2012: Afghan soldiers, left, walk past a U.S. Army soldier outside of a military base in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. 

Afghan President Hamid Karzai says a U.S. service member has killed more than a dozen people in a shooting including nine children and three women. Karzai called the attack Sunday "an assassination" and demanded an explanation from the United States. 

He says several people were also wounded in the attack on two villages near a U.S. base in the southern province of Kandahar. (Photo - AP)

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