News, December 12, 2009 -- Afghanistan

	Struggle to Recruit Afghans Could Delay US Exit
	Embattled UN Afghan Envoy to Step Down US Troops Struggle to Reassure Afghan Elders Worried by Withdrawal Afghan Authorities Slam Convicted Kabul Mayor's Return to Work The Military's Plan for the Afghan War Surge, in One Giant Chart

	US Rushing Troops, Supplies to Afghanistan
	Obama Says Afghanistan Not US 'Protectorate'
	Canada Preparing a Military Role in Afghanistan Beyond 2011, Say Experts
	Canada MPs Join Forces to Order Release of Afghan Records
	NATO Officials: Russian Should Give Afghan Arms

News, December 12, 2009 -- Pakistan

	Drones in a Stepped-Up Pakistan War
	Pakistan DM Admits Presence of Afghan Taliban in Balochistan Blackwater Operating at CIA Pakistan Base, Former US Official Says Pakistan Will Hold US Muslims Until After Trial Interrogation Report of Five American Terror Suspects in Pakistan

	Malik: Some Envoys Providing Arms to Militants
	US Coordinating With Pakistan on Troop Surge, Holbrooke Says

Americans in Pakistan

	Five From Northern Virginia Had Months of Contact With Taliban, Officials Say
	Arrests Suggest US Muslims, Like Those in Europe, Can Be Radicalized Abroad
	FBI Questions Students in Pakistan, Eyes Charges
	Worried Father Turned in 5 Americans to Pakistani Police
	Mosque: VA Men Detained in Pakistan 'Regular Kids'