News-January 29, 2007

	Report: Taliban in Secret Meeting With UN
	US Troops Kill Kabul Imam in 'Unfortunate Incident'   Karzai Eyes Another 15 Years of NATO Aid   Taliban Reject London Conference   Afghan Strategy Doomed: UN Envoy

	Rare NATO Convoy Attack in 'Safe' Pakistan City
	Philippines Doubts Militant Was Killed in Pakistan

Afghanistan

Early Troop Exit Derailed by Karzai's 15-Year NATO Timeframe French Minister: No More Combat Troops to Afghanistan Afghan Groups Criticize Taliban Fund Karzai Sees Taliban Pact as Central to Ending War Karzai Government Invites Taliban to Peace Meeting Aussie Cash for Taliban Converts Afghanistan Conference Agrees on Exit Timetable Five-Year Plan to 'Buy Afghanistan Exit' Afghanistan Denies Tensions After Iran Shuns London Conference

Pakistan

Pakistan Seeks Role as Mediator in Possible Taliban-Afghanistan Peace Talks Four Militants Killed in South Waziristan Search Operation Pakistan Premier: India and Pakistan Cannot Afford War, Must Talk Gilani: Pakistan, India Must Not Be Held Hostage to 26/11

News, January 28, 2010

	Taliban: Buyout Futile Without Foreign Pullout
	$1 Billion Plan Considered to Buy Off Taliban   Afghan Tribe Vows to Fight Insurgents, Burn Houses, for US Aid   Embattled US Troops Take Cynical View of Progress in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Poll Shows Vast Majority of Germans Oppose Afghan Escalation Afghan Military Strategy Doomed Without Big Changes, UN Chief Warns Karzai: Afghan Forces Need Five Years Afghan Tribe Signs Pact to Keep Taliban Out Russia Offers to Help Afghans – With Western Money NATO, Russia Boost Military Ties in Afghan War In London Speech, Will Karzai Bite the Hand That Feeds Him? Top NATO Official Confident of 'Light Over Horizon' in Afghanistan NATO and Kazakhstan Reach Transit Pact for Afghanistan Swedish Diplomat Named Top UN Envoy to Afghanistan

Pakistan

Locals: No Drones Seen in North Waziristan Since Crash Bomb Kills Three Children in Wave of Pakistan Unrest Pakistan PM: Only Parliament Can Revoke Zardari's Immunity Zardari Sacrifices Goats Daily to 'Ward Off Evil' 15 Killed in Bajaur Clashes Swat Voters Go to Polls Amid Fears Pentagon: India Should Be Transparent With Pakistan on Afghan Involvement

News, January 27, 2010

	Is London Meet Becoming a Taliban Fundraiser?
	Karzai Restores Gen. Dostum to Position as Army Chief   Behind Cautious Signal, a Decision for Afghan Peace Talks   NATO Struggling to Fulfill Afghanistan Commitments

Afghanistan

Car Bomb Wounds 6 Afghans, 8 Americans Near US Base in Kabul Karzai: Drop Taliban From UN Blacklist Russia Won't Block Removal of Former Taliban Members From UN Terrorism List Briton to Head NATO's Civilian Efforts in Afghanistan US Wrestling With Prospect of Olive Branch for Taliban Germany to Increase Afghan Contingent by Up to 850 Afghanistan to Delay Awarding Concessions for Mineral Deposits Over Corruption Afghan Leader's Hat, a National Symbol, Is Losing Its Cachet End 'Militarization' of Afghan Aid, Agencies Say 'Civil Society Is Very Much Alive' in Afghanistan NATO Envisions Many More Years in Afghanistan Australian Contractor Sentenced to Death in Afghanistan

Pakistan

Pakistan's Former Spymaster: US Must Talk to Mullah Omar Pakistan Peace Group Hopes Mothers Can Curb Suicide Bombings