In Afghanistan, U.S. troops are involved in heavy fighting against Taliban forces. Reuters:

The clash erupted after U.S. troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation in the Sangin district of the southern province of Helmand, said an administrative official in the province.

“It’s very heavy,” the official, who declined to be identified, said of the clash.

Afghan forces had been sent to join the U.S. forces battling the insurgents, he said. U.S. and Afghan forces fought the biggest battle in months against Taliban fighters in the same district at the beginning of February.

A U.S. military spokesman said he had no information about a clash while Taliban spokesmen could not be reached for comment.

(Maybe because they’re holed up at Yale?)

Another report indicates seven Taliban dead and one U.S. soldier killed at this point.

All this, of-course, while a man sits in jail in Kabul for saying, “I believe in Jesus Christ.”

The news on that as of right now is that President Karzai is indeed taking direct action.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has personally intervened in the case of a man facing execution for converting to Christianity, a top official said today, amid fierce criticism in the West.

Karzai was consulting with various government organisations to resolve the matter as soon as possible, the senior government official said on condition of anonymity.

“The President is personally working to resolve it peacefully. There is a way out of it,” he said. “I believe it’ll take one or two days.”

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