News, December 24, 2009

Afghanistan

	UN Disarray Leaves Afghan Political Vacuum
	Police Kill Afghan Senator at Baghlan 'Checkpoint'   NATO Diplomacy Adrift in Afghan Valley of Death   Can US Troops Run McChrystal's 'Soft Power' Playbook?

Report Says Afghan Drug Effort Lacks Strategy Remote Areas at Risk as NATO Acts to Protect Afghan Cities British Paratrooper Is Fourth Soldier to Die in Four Days Worrying Over Afghanistan's Pot-Head Soldiers Karzai Impersonator Tests Limits of Afghan Free Speech Human Rights Watch Urges Afghans to Investigate Prison Death