News, January 23, 2010

	Taliban 'Part of Afghan Fabric', Gates Concedes
	Civilians, US Soldiers Among Nearly 30 Killed in Afghanistan   Claim: 15 Foreign Militants Killed in US Drone Strike in Afghanistan   Karzai Wants to Pay Taliban to Lay Down Their Arms   CBO: Afghan Troop Surge to Cost $36 Billion Over the Next 3 Years
	29 Killed in Clashes, Suicide Attack in Pakistan
	Pakistan Kills 15 in Surprise Waziristan Attacks   CIA Deaths Prompt Surge in US Drone Strikes in Pakistan   Gates Says Propaganda Tainting US Image in Pakistan   Blackwater Fallout: Pak Senate Demands Interior Minister Resignation   Gates: Pakistan Should Decide on Plans for Anti-Taliban Offensive

Afghanistan

US Delays Setting Up More Anti-Taliban Militias Strong Afghan Taliban 'Might Talk' Afghanistan Bans Fertilizer Chemical Used in Bombs Israeli Drones Take Over Afghan Skies Germany Mulls More Troops for Afghanistan More Finnish Troops to Afghanistan

Pakistan

Pakistani Gunships Attack Car in North Waziristan Pakistani Government Denies Ever Denying Blackwater Was in Pakistan Pakistan Army Kills Militants in North Waziristan In Pakistan, High Court Investigates 'Disappearances' in Wake of 9/11 74 Schools, Colleges Destroyed in Bajaur