News, February 11, 2010

	NATO Tells Civilians to 'Stay Put' During Offensive
	War Casualties 'Increasing' Ahead of Afghan Assault

Helmland Offensive in Afghanistan

Helmand Assault Will Cause NATO Deaths, Alliance Spokesman Says Marines Under Fire Ahead of Afghan Assault As Afghan Assault Looms, Many Civilians Haven't Fled Afghanistan 'Ready' to Support Refugees Created by Latest NATO Raids British Troops Warned of Dangers of Afghan Mission Concerns Over Emergency Health Care in Helmand Offensive

Today in Afghanistan

US May Send More Troops to Northern Afghanistan: Official German Officer Defends Controversial Afghanistan Air Strike Wounded Troops Leave UK and Afghanistan Hospitals 'Stretched' Russia Won't Send Troops to Afghanistan UN Forecasts 'Stable' Afghan Opium Crop

Pakistan

Pakistan Officials '100 Percent' Certain Taliban's Mehsud Is Dead Conservative Sunni Activism Reemerges in Heart of Pakistan Pakistani Opposition Senator: Army Involved in Extrajudicial Killings Mehsud Tribe: Taliban Should Help Restore Peace to Waziristan Six Killed in Bajaur Airstrikes Pakistan Seeks Central Role in Afghan Endgame Pakistan: No Conditions on Talks With India

News, February 10, 2010

	Pakistan Suicide Attack Kills 17, Mostly Police
	Pak Minister: Blackwater Presence a Media Myth   Hakimullah: Dead for the Seventh Time?

Afghanistan

US Army Closes in on Targeted Southern Afghan Town IED Expert Dies in Explosion in Afghanistan Marines Plan Joint Mission to Eject Insurgents From Last Helmand Stronghold 40th French Soldier Dies in Afghanistan Pakistan Is Said to Pursue Role in Afghan Talks

Pakistan

Pakistani Interior Minister: No Blackwater in Pakistan Pakistan PM to Militants: Disarm or Die UN Appeals for $538m in Pakistan Humanitarian Aid