New, December 7, 2009

	No Firm Plans for a US Exit in Afghanistan
	McChrystal's Afghanistan Plan Stays Mainly Intact Clinton Expresses Doubts on Taliban Reconciliation Talks $10 Million Is Smuggled Out of Afghanistan Daily, Official Says

	47 Killed in Latest Pakistan Bombings
	Gates: US Will Not Pursue Taliban in Pakistan Clinton Says Pakistanis Now See a Growing Threat

	Afghanistan
Karzai Urges Flexibility for US Troop Timeline Obama Aide: July 2011 Afghan Pullout Not 'A Cliff' Contractor Hirings in Afghanistan to Emphasize Locals Washington Democrats Not Sold on Obama's War Decision US Service Member Killed in Eastern Afghanistan Gates Rejects Idea That Transition Date Emboldens Taliban Afghan Women Writing for Change Human Rights Watch: Afghan Women Among Worst Off in World Turkish PM: No Additional Troops for Afghanistan George McGovern: Obama Making 'A Dreadful Mistake' on Afghanistan
Pakistan
Gates: Pakistan Now Putting Pressure on Taliban Pakistan Police Arrest Gang Accused in Bombings Two Anti-Taliban Elders Killed in Bajaur Blast Pakistan: 1 Militant Killed, 5 Held Near Peshawar

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