News, February 21, 2010

	Karzai: NATO Still Killing Too Many Civilians
	Taliban Put Up Tough Fight in Marjah   Thousands of British Troops Wounded in Afghanistan   Fall of Dutch Government Bodes Ill for Afghanistan War   Probes Overlook McChrystal's Role in Costly Afghan Battles

	Suicide Teams Attack Pakistani Police Stations
	Pakistan Army Airstrike Kills 30 Militants in NW

Afghanistan

Fighting Rages as Karzai Urges Restraint From NATO Marines Do Heavy Lifting as Afghan Army Lags in Battle Mystery Holes and Angry Ants: Another Afghan Day Toll Grows as Afghan Offensive Enters Second Week Afghan President Renews Peace Calls to Taliban Three Civilians Killed in Southern Afghanistan Will Crackdown on Taliban Help Reintegration? As Marja Assault Progresses, Coalition Considers Challenges in Rebuilding Area Robots and Bees to Beat the Taliban

Pakistan

CIA Is Said to Seek Custody of a Seized Taliban Chief Captured in Pakistan Pakistan Enhances Military Posts Along Afghan Border Pakistani Police Chief Dies in Attack on Stations PM Hopes Atomic Commission Will Maintain Defense Needs of Pakistan Reports of Indians Training Baloch Dissidents Karachi a Refuge for the Insurgent on the Run Pakistan Customs Seizes Afghan Transit Trade Containers Full of Explosives

News, February 20, 2010

	US Kills Your Child in Afghanistan: You Get $1500
	Afghan Push Went Beyond Traditional Military Goals US Marines Seize Taliban Headquarters, IDs, Photos Dutch Cabinet Collapses Over Afghan Talks
	Suicide Teams Attack Pakistani Police Stations
	Pakistan Won't Hand Over Taliban Captives to US Officials Tout Death of Waziristan Warlord's Younger Brother

Afghanistan

12 International Service Members Die in Week of Marjah Fighting NATO Flabbergasted by Dutch Reaction to Troop Request US Marines Dropped Behind Taliban Lines to Find Snipers Afghan Police Deployed in Helmand Warzone Inside Enemy Bunkers in Afghanistan Possible Successors to Captured Taliban's No. 2 CIA's Influence Wanes in Afghanistan War Military Launches Afghanistan Intelligence-Gathering Mission In Marja, It's War the Old-Fashioned Way Drones Play a Growing Role in Afghanistan Afghan Challenger Abdullah Touts New Coalition Whatever Happened to ... Now Zad, Afghanistan Holbrooke Back in Kabul

Pakistan

Militant Group Vows Revenge Over Khyber Attack In Pakistan Raid, Taliban Chief Was an Extra Prize Pakistan Chief Justice: New Judges Appointed on Merit

News, February 19, 2010

	Officials: Taliban 'Far From Defeated' in Marjah
	NATO Strike Kills 7 Afghan Police in Kunduz   25 Afghan Police May Have Joined Taliban   Four NATO Troops Killed in Marjah as Taliban Holds Ground
	Jailed Taliban Leader Still a Pakistani Asset
	US Strike Kills Afghan Warlord's Brother in Pakistan   Afghans: Taliban 'Shadow Governors' Captured in Pakistan   Bombs Kill 44, Wound 100 in Pakistan   US Drone Strike Kills Four Militants in Pakistan

Afghanistan

Explosion Rocks US Outpost During Afghan Offensive NATO May Need 30 Days to Secure Taliban Stronghold Marines Still Looking Over Shoulder for Taliban Officers Blamed in Afghan Ambush That Killed 5 US Troops NATO Holds Key Marjah Roads, but Hard Battle Ahead British Commander Says Afghan Offensive Could Take Weeks NATO Says Taliban Ammunition Running Low Dutch Government at Odds Over Afghanistan NATO Commander Says Recruitment of Afghans Gaining US Reviewing Afghanistan Detainee Policy

Pakistan

Pakistan Says Fears India Could Divert Nuclear Fuel Pakistan Arrests More Afghan Taliban. Why the About-Face? Several Militants Killed as Forces Hit Targets in Bajaur Holbrooke Hails Pakistan-US Collaboration on Taliban