News, December 17, 2009

	US Fails to Stop Taliban at Afghan-Pak Border
	Pelosi: Up to Obama to Win Funds for Afghan Escalation   German Govt in Crisis Over Revelations on Afghan Killings   US Special Forces Ordered to Focus on Killing Taliban   UN Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai   Petraeus: Afghan War a Success, Even if bin Laden Still at Large

US in Afghanistan

House Probes Charges of 'Protection Racket' by Afghanistan Contractors First of 30,000 New Troops Arriving in Afghanistan After Difficult Goodbye, US Marines Head Off to Afghanistan Marines Eager, Wary About Leading Surge Into Afghanistan US Audit Finds Afghan Anticorruption Unit Ineffective US to Expand Eyes in the Sky Over Afghanistan Terror Monitor: Tape of Captured US Soldier Due

Germany in Afghanistan

German DM Accused of Lying by Top General German Ministers Face Kunduz Air Strike Inquiry How NATO Sought to Play Down the German Air Strike

Canada in Afghanistan

Coalition Allies Faulted Canada Over Handling of Detainees Conservative Boycott Shuts Down Afghan Detainee Hearing

Others in Afghanistan

NATO Chief Asks for Russian Help in Afghanistan Estonian Soldier Is Killed by Bomb in Afghanistan's Helmand Province Three Captured Journalists in Afghanistan Freed, Says Guardian