News, January 28, 2010

	Taliban: Buyout Futile Without Foreign Pullout
	$1 Billion Plan Considered to Buy Off Taliban   Afghan Tribe Vows to Fight Insurgents, Burn Houses, for US Aid   Embattled US Troops Take Cynical View of Progress in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Poll Shows Vast Majority of Germans Oppose Afghan Escalation Afghan Military Strategy Doomed Without Big Changes, UN Chief Warns Karzai: Afghan Forces Need Five Years Afghan Tribe Signs Pact to Keep Taliban Out Russia Offers to Help Afghans – With Western Money NATO, Russia Boost Military Ties in Afghan War In London Speech, Will Karzai Bite the Hand That Feeds Him? Top NATO Official Confident of 'Light Over Horizon' in Afghanistan NATO and Kazakhstan Reach Transit Pact for Afghanistan Swedish Diplomat Named Top UN Envoy to Afghanistan

Pakistan

Locals: No Drones Seen in North Waziristan Since Crash Bomb Kills Three Children in Wave of Pakistan Unrest Pakistan PM: Only Parliament Can Revoke Zardari's Immunity Zardari Sacrifices Goats Daily to 'Ward Off Evil' 15 Killed in Bajaur Clashes Swat Voters Go to Polls Amid Fears Pentagon: India Should Be Transparent With Pakistan on Afghan Involvement