h1 { padding-top:0; }
#us-menu li a, #intl-menu li a { font-size:12px; }
.cnn_content_body{margin-top:4px}

#cnnContainer {
-moz-background-clip:border;
-moz-background-inline-policy:continuous;
-moz-background-origin:padding;
background:#1d1d1d url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/sect/blogs/afghanistan/background_image.jpg) no-repeat scroll 0 0;
background-position:top center;
}
.cnnLeftPost a {
display:inline-block;
font-size:11px;
line-height:13px;
padding-bottom:5px;
padding-left:20px;
padding-right:3px;
}

.commentItem {
font-family:arial;
font-size:11px;
padding:27px 10px 0px 0px;
}

.cnn_divln3pxblck { background-color:#000000; height:3px; margin:0 12px 0 20px; }
#dsq-content .dsq-comment-body cite { font-style:normal; }
#dsq-content .dsq-paginate-append-text { display:inline; }
#dsq-content .dsq-pagination { padding-top:11px; padding-bottom:11px; margin-top:60px; }
#dsq-content .cnn_strycmtsprl { padding-top:17px; }
#dsq-content .cnn_strycmtsndff { margin-top:15px; }
#commentform #submit { background:url("http://media.disqus.com/images/themes/cnn/090509_personalization_sprite_rr.gif") no-repeat scroll -2px -306px transparent; margin-left:8px; width:47px; }
#commentform #submit.hover { background-position:-2px -349px; } 
.cnnWideImage{padding-left:0px;}

body{background-color:#060606}
.cnn_adtitle { margin-bottom:5px; margin-right:10px; text-align:right; }

.cnn_brkt_3{background:url("http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/sect/blogs/afghanistan/footer_bk_left_edge.jpg") repeat-x left bottom}
.cnn_shd4{background:url("http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/sect/blogs/afghanistan/faux_sidebar.gif") repeat-y top right; width:980px}
.cnn_contentarea{width:980px}
.cnnBlogFooterArea{background-color:#060606;height:207px;overflow:hidden;border-top:none}

/* Co-branding Sytles */
#cnnBlogContentArea .cnnPostWrap { position:relative; width:640px; }
.cnn_sp_promo { position:absolute; bottom:16px; left:20px; }
.cnn_skn_malign_sp_promo { bottom:14px; }
#cnnBlogContentArea .cnn_sp_promo a { font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; }
.cnnBlogContentPost .cnn_strycbftr, .cnnBlogContentPost .cnn_strycbftrtxt { color:#666; font-size:11px; }

.cnn_prtnr_promo { position:absolute; bottom:18px; left:20px; }

.cnn_padb20 { padding-bottom:20px; }

.cnn_blog_content_area { background-color:#fff; }

/* @start navmenu */
.cnn_menu{background:url(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/sect/blogs/afghanistan/nav_bg.png) no-repeat 0 0;width:980px;height:40px}
.navpipes{display:inline;padding:0 3px}
.cnn_last_pipe{display:none}
.menu-item{line-height:40px;color:#868686;padding:0}
.menu-item a{font-size:12px;color:#fff;font-weight:bold;padding:0 21px}
.menu-item a:hover{color:#ca0002}
/* @end navmenu */

/* @start CALENDAR */
#calendar_wrap{margin-bottom:3px;margin-top:4px}
#calendar_wrap #wp-calendar {margin:0; width:100%; background:url("http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/3.0/sect/blogs/global/dark_theme/calendar_dotted.gif") repeat-y -4px 0; }
#calendar_wrap table th, #calendar_wrap table td { border:none; text-align:center;  width:51px; padding-top:13px; }
.cnn-tbl-head { width:44px; }
#calendar_wrap td.pad:hover{background:transparent}
#calendar_wrap tfoot td.pad:hover, #calendar_wrap tfoot td{background:#333}
#calendar_wrap { width:315px; position:relative; overflow:hidden; }
#calendar_wrap table#wp-calendar th,#calendar_wrap table#wp-calendar td{font-size:13px;color:#acacac;font-weight:bold}
#calendar_wrap table#wp-calendar td a { font-size:13px; color:#6AB9D3; font-weight:bold; }
#calendar_wrap table#wp-calendar td a:hover { color:#ca0002; }
#calendar_wrap caption { font-size:12px; color:#ca0002; padding-top:9px; padding-left:16px; _width: 300px; text-transform:uppercase; font-weight:bold}
*+html #calendar_wrap caption { padding-bottom:10px; }
/* @end CALENDAR */

/* @start SIDEBAR WIDGETS */
.cnn_sidebar{padding:0 0 10px}
.cnn_widget{margin:15px 20px 0 18px;border-bottom:2px solid #222;padding-bottom:30px}
#calendar_wrap{margin-left:-17px}
.cnn_cnn_widget_adtag{border:none;padding-bottom:0;margin-left:0;margin-right:0}
.cnn_widget_first{margin-top:0}
.cnn_sidebar .cnn_widget_title{font-size:18px;line-height:1.2em;color:#fff}
.cnn_social_icons{top:5px}
.cnn_social_icons .cnn_social_icon_rss{width:auto;padding-left:16px;background-position:right top;padding-right:21px}
.cnn_social_icon_text{display:inline}
.cnn_widget_recent_entries ul{padding-top:10px}
/* @end SIDEBAR WIDGETS */