- Kabul hits back at foreign criticism
 Pushing back against international criticism, Afghan officials say the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption.
- Ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan soldiers
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in a western province mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.
- In Peshawar, denial over Taliban tactics
 Many people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar blame "foreign hands," not the Taliban, for last week's heinous market bombing.
- Iran lawmakers stand firm against U.N. plan
Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.
- U.K.'s Brown warns Karzai over corruption
 Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more British lives there unless it reforms.
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