Obama’s Plan Not What It Seems, Officials Insist
	Gates Says 'No Deadlines' on Troop Withdrawal Troop Surge Rattles Political Landscape Military Will Struggle to Add Troops to Afghanistan Quickly
	US May Bypass Karzai, Cede Authority to Locals
	Karzai Willing to Talk to Taliban Officials Expect Rise in Violence in Afghanistan Roads Were Safer in Afghanistan Under Taliban, UK General Admits
	Suicide Attackers Kill 40 at Pakistan Mosque
	CIA Expanding Drone Strikes in Pakistan Gates: Pakistani Government Retains Ties to Militants Bin Laden Not in Pakistan, PM Says

Afghan Mission Double-Talk

Gates: 3,000 Extra Troops Could Go to Afghanistan Mullen: 2011 Afghan Withdrawal May Be 'Very Few' US Ambassador Says Afghanistan Withdrawal Date Not Rigid Gates Says Afghan Drawdown Timing Is Flexible McChrystal Tells Afghans US Not Leaving Yet Mullen Downplays Logistics Problems With Afghan Deployment White House Insists Afghanistan Different From Missed Deadlines Examining Obama's Rationale for Escalating the War in Afghanistan

Afghan Escalation

'Command Posts of the Future' Readied for Afghan Surge Karzai Welcomes US Escalation McChrystal Offer Taliban Chance to Quit the Fight 'With Dignity' Afghans See Sharp Shift in US Tone

Other Nations in Afghanistan

US Envoy: NATO to Send More Forces to Afghanistan UK Launches Its Own Shaky 'Surge' Into Afghanistan Afghan War Unpopular, Holbrooke Notices Medvedev Backs Afghan Escalation Italy May Add 1,000 Extra Troops in Afghanistan Germany Renews Authorization for Afghan Force Turkish DM: No Combat Troops for Afghanistan Tokyo Says US Surge in Afghanistan Won't Affect Aid Plan

US Reaction

Dem Skeptics Blast Afghanistan Plan Emotional Michael Moore Calls Afghanistan Troop Buildup 'Insane' Mullen Disputes Rumsfeld on Afghan Troop Request Military Families Across the Country Protest Obama's Decision to Escalate War Peace Activists in Downtown Syracuse, NY, Protest Buildup in Afghanistan Antiwar Protesters Brave Biting Cold in Bozeman, Montana Two Phoenix Groups Protest Afghan War Antiwar Protesters Take Over Downtown Minneapolis Afghan War Protesters March in Madison, Wisconsin Detroit Protest Questions Obama's Plan to Send More Troops to Afghanistan

Pakistan

Pakistani News Outlets Condemn Obama's Plan Pakistan: We Need More Clarity on US Plan Congress Worries About Obama's Plan for Pakistan Pakistanis Kill 15 Militants in Separate Clashes Separatists, Islamists, and Islamabad Struggle for Control of Pakistani Balochistan UK Announces $83 Million in New Aid to Pakistan

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