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

News, January 22, 2010

	Pakistani Army Snubs US: No New Offensives
	Prospective Pakistan Army Takeover Could Force Early Election   Gates Finally Admits Blackwater Operating in Pakistan   Intel: Missile Kills Filipino Militant in Pakistan
	More Afghan Civilians Killed, NATO to Curb Raids
	Claim: 15 Foreign Militants Killed in US Drone Strike in Afghanistan   Loyalties of Those Killed in Afghan Raid Remain Unclear   US Envoy Blocking Gen. McChrystal’s Afghan Militias Plan   Petraeus: Afghanistan Needs More 'Sustained' Effort Than Iraq War

Afghanistan

Afghanistan 'Needs New Political Plan' Dutch General in Afghanistan Slams Critics Gates to Discuss Afghanistan War With Pakistanis NATO Planning Civilian Boss in Afghan US, British to Encourage Militants in Afghanistan to Switch Sides Clinton Unveils Civilian Strategy for Afghanistan, Pakistan Holbrooke Optimistic About Afghan Future Ahead of London Conference Romania to Send 600 More Troops to Afghanistan

Pakistan

Why Pakistan Will Not Mount New Attacks on Militants Gates: US Not to Repeat Mistake of Leaving Pakistan Alone Pak Supreme Court Seeks Details of Pakistanis Handed Over to US India, Pakistan Trade Diplomatic Barbs Over Cricket Baloch Minister Orders Probe Into Attack on Separatists Nine Killed in Swat Valley Operation Three Killed, 20 Hurt in Bajaur Blast

News, January 21, 2010

	US Troops Set to Invade Taliban Stronghold
	New Wave of Warlords Bedevils US Taliban Overhaul Their Image in Bid to Win Allies

Afghanistan

	Karzai Seeks Donor Backing for Taliban Reintegration Plan
	Afghans Plan Dramatic Increase in Security Forces
	Security Timetable Tops Afghanistan Conference
	Report Slams US for Building Power Plant Afghans Can't Run
	Rare IED Success: MRAPs Cut US Death Rate in Afghanistan
	US-Russia Deal on Afghan Transit Is 'Working'
	Afghanistan Seeks New Ideas Against Corruption
	New Zealand Army in Afghanistan to Remove Bible Quotes From Weapon Sights
	Afghan Interpreter Pays a Personal Price