US Losing in Afghanistan

News, December 8, 2009

	Mullen: US Losing in Afghanistan
	Karzai Says Afghan Army Will Need Help Until at Least 2024 Afghans Protest as NATO Raid Kills at Least Six Civilians Who's In Charge: The President or the Generals? Afghan War Hits More Deadly Milestones Pentagon Orders 16,000 Troops to Start Surge

	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

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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News, December 6, 2009

Headlines:

	War Pitch Belied by Taliban-Qaeda Conflict
	Little Resistance on Day 2 of US-Afghan Offensive   Taliban Says It Won't Meddle in West if Troops Are Withdrawn   White House Moves to Accelerate Escalation

Other News:

Afghanistan Occupation

Obama Borrows Soviet's Afghan Endgame Taliban Workout Video Filmed at Abandoned US Bases UK Opposition Leader: 'Time Is Running Out' in Afghanistan Obama's Troop Policy Wrong, Says British MP on Return From Afghanistan Troops Combat Taliban's New Weapon of Choice – Secondary Bombs How Obama Came to Plan for 'Surge' in Afghanistan Distrust Poisons Canadian Training of Afghan Police US Helicopter Surge to Aid British Troops in Afghanistan We'll Hit the Taliban Until Their Eyeballs Bleed, Says UK General Mysteries Surround Afghanistan's Stealth Drone Monster Mine-Clearing Tank Goes to Work in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Corrupt, Untrained, Underpaid, Illiterate: Afghan Forces Waiting to Take Over In Kandahar, Taliban Own Night Karzai to Unveil Afghan Cabinet 'Within Days' 1 Taliban Militant Killed, 5 Injured in Clash in Afghanistan Armed Men Beat 2 Local Journalists in Afghan Capital Attack Temporarily Shuts Afghanistan's Herat Airport

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