News, April 08, 2010

	As Tensions Grow, US Claims Karzai 'Drug Abuse'
	Afghan Official Says US Raiders Hid Killings   Aide Denies Karzai Threatened to Join Taliban

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Plays Down Karzai's Anti-West Remarks Pressed to Act, Karzai Fires Election Monitors US Treasury Beefing Up Staff in Afghanistan Taliban Releases Video of Captured US Soldier UK Marines Dismissed for Attack on Afghan Prisoner Feingold Plans Bill to Set Up 'Flexible Timetable' for Afghanistan Withdrawal Karzai Comments a Slap in the Face, Says Canadian PM US Now Focused on Getting Rid of Taliban Instead of Opium Crops in Afghanistan NATO Soldier Killed in Southern Afghanistan No More Burger King on Afghanistan Base? Soldiers Grumble

Pakistan

Taliban Bomb NATO Tanker in Pakistan: Officials Bombing of NATO Tanker in Pakistan Kills Boy US Says No to Civil Nuclear Deal With Pakistan