News, January 26, 2010

	NATO Plans Another Major Helmand Offensive
	Taliban Buyout to Cost 'Hundreds of Millions'   Leaked Documents Show US Envoy's Opposition to Afghan Escalation   Berlin Reluctant to Follow American Lead on Afghanistan

	Pakistani Govt Still Denies Blackwater Presence
	Pakistani Warplanes Kill 12 in Bajaur

Afghanistan

Taliban Buying Guns From Former Warlords Karzai: Taliban Reconciliation Has West's Support Afghan Exit Strategy Takes Shape Ahead of London Talks McChrystal: Taliban Could Be Part of Solution in Afghanistan Officers Honored in Kabul Amid Grief and Criticism Bombs Kill 2 in Afghanistan; Rocket Hits Base

Pakistan

Militants Kill 6 Pakistanis for Alleged US Spying Suspected US Drone Crashes Near Afghan Border Pakistan Rejects Nuclear Bomb Material Cut-Off Talks

News, January 25, 2010

	Petraeus: Afghan War Will Take Longer Than Iraq
	Afghan Parliamentary Election Delayed Four Months   Afghan Regional Solution May Be Too Little, Too Late   Five US Soldiers Killed in Afghan Bombings
	'Bin Laden Tape' Warns US of More Attacks
	Officials Doubt bin Laden Had Anything to Do With Christmas Bomber   UN Seeks to Drop Some Taliban From Terror List
	Pakistanis Wary of US Overtures
	Pakistan's Rebuff Over New Offensives Rankles US   Pakistani President Faces Legal Challenge to Office   US Drone Down in North Waziristan   US Policy Confusion on Pakistan and India

Afghanistan

Al-Qaeda-Linked Suspects Arrested for Kabul Attack Rocket Attack During Bulgarian Minister's Afghan Visit UK Soldier Killed in Southern Afghanistan Explosion British Troops Face at Least Five More Years in Helmand London Draft Sees 2011 Start to Afghan Handover

Pakistan

Taliban Kill Seven in Pakistan for Being 'US Spies' Drone Attacks to Figure in Pakistan's Talks With US Pakistan Lawyers Slam Govt for Not Abiding by Immunity Decision Substantial Drone Technology Given to Pakistan Soldier, Three Militants Killed in Khyber Agency

News, January 24, 2010

	Bin Laden Warns US of More Attacks
	Afghan Parliamentary Election Delayed 4 Months
	Five US Soldiers Killed in Afghan Bombings   NATO Forces in Race to Secure Kandahar   US Regrets End to Japanese Refueling Mission for Afghanistan
	Gates Sees Fallout From Troubled Pakistan Ties
	29 Killed in Clashes, Suicide Attack in Pakistan   Blackwater in Pakistan: Gates Confirms   Pakistan Reaching Out to Afghan Taliban

Afghanistan

Civilians, US Soldiers Among Nearly 30 Killed in Afghanistan Afghans Protest NATO Raid for Second Day Karzai Urges West to Buy Off the Taliban Taliban Again Spurn Karzai Offer to Lay Down Arms Protest Turns Violent, 2 Wounded in Afghanistan 2 US Troops Killed by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan Turkey Kicks Off International Meetings on Afghanistan Bomb Targeting Afghan Official Kills 4 Soldiers Afghan Teenager Killed by IED in Khost NATO: Afghan Army Must Almost Double in Size Police Chief, 2 Officers Kidnapped in Afghanistan Grim Milestone in Afghan Campaign: 250 British Dead 1,000 Scots Troops to Afghanistan as MoD Budget Strain Is Revealed Foot on Bomb, Marine Defies a Taliban Trap Dog Surge Along With Troop Surge in Afghan War

Pakistan

Militants Destroy NATO Truck in Pakistan: Police Gates: US Not Seeking Control of Pakistan Nukes, Bases Pakistan Govt Clarifies Report on French Subs Deal Pakistan FM: India Not Providing Details on Samjhota Bombings Car Bomb Attack Kills Four in Pakistan Nawaz Sharif Not to Contest By-Elections to Pakistan's Parliament French Judge Probes Zardari's 'Corruption' Pakistan Zardari's Money-Laundering Case Was Close to Being Decided in Geneva