via AlJazeeraEnglish It’s been three months since the battle for Libya began.

via Reuters Four foreign journalists detained in Libya are released while a reporter held in Syria and sent to Iran tells of her ordeal. Paul Chapman reports.

via Reuters Violence erupts in Afghanistan as a suicide bomber launches an attack in the east, while protesters in the north blame NATO for civilian deaths. Deborah Lutterbeck  

via NATOCOMMUNITY In a country where many object to women participating in any kind of sport, the Afghan Ladies Football Team has many obstacles to overcome — not all of them merely practical.

via jp.reuters.com May 19 – Bombs in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk kill at least 15 people, filling hospitals with casualties. Sunita Rappai reports.

via AlJazeeraEnglish It is estimated that several thousand civilians have been killed and at least 400,000 have been displaced since the battle for Libya began. The conflict is also taking its toll on children.

via NATOCOMMUNITY While thousands of Afghan poppy farmers prepare for a harvest, money from which funds the Taliban, many farmers in the west of the country are making more cash from growing the crop saffron.

via AlJazeeraEnglish It’s been three months to the day when the battle for Libya began.

via AlJazeeraEnglish It is three months to the day that pro-democracy protestors first clashed with security forces in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. But the protester’s main aim, removing Gaddafi from power, has still to be realised. Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna reports from Benghazi.

via AlJazeeraEnglish Opposition fighters have controlled the Libya-Tunisia border for almost three weeks. Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from the border.