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

News, December 24, 2009

Pakistan

	US Supports Zardari, But Vows Not to 'Interfere'
	Pakistani Taliban Sending Troops to Afghanistan to Fight US

	Pakistani Taliban Chief Asks Group to Desist From Abductions, Crime in North Waziristan
	'Major Political Drama' Unfolding in Pakistan, Says Holbrooke
	Suicide Attack Kills Three Outside Pakistani Press Club
	Pakistan Orders Security for Media After Attack
	Taliban Blow Up Pakistan Girls School: Official
	IMF Approves $1.2 Billion Payment to Pakistan

News, December 23, 2009

Afghanistan

	NATO Says No Deadline for Afghan Troop Withdrawal
	A Short-Term Approach to Afghanistan
	Afghan Air Force to Quadruple in Size
	Karzai Calls for Inquiry Into Killing of a Relative
	1,100 Seabees Bound for Afghanistan
	Germany Intensifies Mission in Afghanistan

News, December 23, 2009

	Pakistan Taliban Sending Fighters to Afghanistan
	Afghan Senator Killed Mistakenly at Police Checkpoint   NATO Chief Sees 2010 'Momentum' in Afghanistan   'Good' Taliban Destroy Afghan Army Base   Second British Soldier Dies From Friendly Fire in 48 Hours

	Zardari Says Pakistan Needs Aid to Fight 'Monster' of Extremism
	Teen Suicide Bomber Kills 3 at Pakistan Press Club
	US Govt-Run Radio Fears Coup in Pakistan