News, April 19, 2010

	Army Report: Kandahar Offensive Could Backfire
	Tension Rises in Kandahar Ahead of NATO Summer Offensive   Taliban's Supreme Leader Signals Willingness to Talk Peace
	Bombs Kill 41 Pakistani Refugees Seeking Food
	Pakistan Army Admits Civilians Killed in Airstrikes   Why Pakistan's Military Is Holding Back in North Waziristan

Afghanistan

Karzai Vote Rules Compromise Ends Standoff With West In Shift, Pentagon to Solicit Bids on $1 Billion Contract to Train Afghan Police Italian Charity Sees UK Behind Doctors' Arrests in Afghanistan Karzai Pledges Transparent Probe of Italians' Case Canadian Soldiers Did Not Unlawfully Shoot Unarmed Afghan, Says Defense Chief Taliban Targets US Contractors Working on Projects in Afghanistan Five Afghan UN Workers Missing in Northern Province of Baghlan Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Afghan Police, Wounds 3 in Khost 140 Australian Soldiers Return Home From Afghanistan Iranian Engineer Brings Roads, Rail to Afghan West

Bhutto Assassination Probe

Pakistan May Fear Reopening Bhutto Probe Musharraf Aides Scoff at UN Report UN Bhutto Report Criticizes Military Influence UN Report on Benazir Bhutto's Murder

Pakistan

At Least 21 Militants Killed in NW Pakistan's Orakzai Agency Pakistan Prosecutor: Americans Linked to Militants Police Baton Charge Angry Protesters in Pakistan 2 Schools Blown Up in Khyber Militant Group Claims Responsibility for Saturday's Twin Blasts Pakistan: Trio That Kidnapped British Boy Killed in Clash Hunger Strike Camps Set Up in Pakistan's Hazara Division