News, February 28, 2010

	US Ending Afghan Assault as Bigger One on Way
	Blast Kills 11 Civilians in Southern Afghanistan   Attack in Kabul Points to Shifting Taliban Tactics   NATO Draws Up Payout Tariffs for Afghan Civilian Deaths   UK Troops to Remain in Afghanistan 'For Five Years'

US to Spend $50 Million on Media in Pakistan

Afghanistan

Karzai: Captured Taliban Leaders Should Be Tried in Afghanistan Troops Clear Last Pockets of Resistance in Marjah German Bundestag Gives Go-Ahead to Troop Boost in Afghanistan Troops Detain 2 Taliban Commanders in Southern Afghanistan In Afghanistan, US Seeks to Fix a Tattered System of Justice Afghans Begin Taking Over US-Led Prison French Filmmaker Severin Blanchet Killed in Kabul Attack Canadian Forces Gird for Summer Fighting Season British Triple Amputee Wants to Return to Aghanistan

India/Afghanistan

Karzai Calls Indian PM, Regrets Kabul Attacks India Fetching Bodies From Afghanistan: Military India Asks Afghanistan to Ensure Security of Its Citizens

Pakistan

Firing at Religious Procession in Pakistan Kills One, Wounds 10 Frustrated Achievers in Pakistan Turn to Jihad

News, February 27, 2010

	US Eyes Massive Offensive in Kandahar
	Kabul Attack Shows Taliban Still Robust   Taliban Sense Weakness in NATO   At Least 18 Killed in Kabul Suicide Attack   Pakistan Court Blocks Extradition of Taliban Leaders

Suicide Bomber Targets Pakistan Police Station

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Warlords' Unwelcome Return Gen. McChrystal: Taliban Hears Our Footsteps German Parliament Endorses Afghan Escalation 15 Pakistanis Detained at Bagram Airbase Afghan Army Improving, Not Ready to Go It Alone General Sir David Richards: Forces Reach 'Turning Point' in Afghanistan Italian Diplomat's Death in Kabul Attack Renews Afghan Debate

Pakistan

Report: Pakistan Drone Strikes of Limited Value US Sees Pakistan 'Strategic Shift' in War on Taliban Official: NATO and Pakistan Sharing Tactical Plans 16 Schools Blown Up in FATA in February 17 Militants Killed in Fr Kohat Operation

News, February 26, 2010

Attacks Strike Afghan Capital, 18 Dead     Afghan Army Prepares 18-Month Nationwide Offensive   DoD Takes Over Afghan Police Training After IG Cites State Dept Failure   Afghan Group Counts 28 Civilian Deaths in Marjah   Millions of Dollars Leaving Afghanistan by Plane for Dubai Missile Kills Pakistani Militant Leader: Official     Clinton to Pakistan: Tax the Rich, Increase Social Spending   US Expands Weapon Sales to India, Pakistan
Afghanistan
Explosion Shakes the Center of Kabul Taliban Defectors Accept US Approach but Wait for Promises to Be Kept US Says Marjah Operation Going Well Afghan Flag Hoisted Over Marjah for the Second Time Marjah: Under Their Flag, but Still Under Fire Can Afghanistan Taliban Absorb Blow to Quetta Shura? NATO Chief Defends European Role in Afghan War South Korea Endorses Sending Troops Back to Afghanistan Two British Servicemen Killed in Afghanistan in 24 Hours, Taking UK Casualty Toll to 265 At New Bagram Prison in Afghanistan, Some Inmates Buoyant
Pakistan
Pakistan to Deliver Suspected Insurgents to Afghanistan NATO Oil Tanker Blown Up in Peshawar Pakistan Intends to Alter Blasphemy Law Probes: US Soldiers Not Target in Pakistan Attack What Lies Behind Pakistan's Taliban Arrests? Zardari Urges Aggrieved Baloch Leaders Not to Resort to Violence