Pakistan

	US Afghan Strategy in Peril as Pakistan Refuses to Take on Key Militant
	Some in Pakistani Top Command Favor Assault on Afghan Insurgents
	For Westerners, It's Not Easy to Join the Taliban
	Can Mullen Get Pakistan to Shut Down Its Terrorist Havens?
	Grenade Hurled at Police Bus in Quetta

News, December 15, 2009

	US Silent About Taliban Offer on al-Qaeda
	56,000 More Contractors Likely for Afghanistan

	Suicide Blast Kills Eight in Kabul Near Homes of Top Officials
	Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attack
	Major Challenge for Pentagon Is Getting Fuel to US Troops in Afghanistan
	UK Navy and RAF Pay the Price to Fund Afghan War
	Merkel Testimony Is Sought on Afghan Air Strike
	How Much Is a Human Life Worth?: The Dilemma of the Kunduz Bombing