News, February 25, 2009

	As Marjah Stalls, Same Strategy Set for Kandahar US Drones Destroy North Waziristan House, Killing Nine
	Displaced Marjah Civilians Face Ruin, Just Like Those Who Stayed UN Report: 346 Afghan Children Killed in 2009, Mostly by NATO Blackwater Guards Stole Weapons and Went on Deadly Rampage Afghan Senators Demand Execution of Foreign Troops

Afghanistan

NATO Admits That Deaths of 8 Boys Were a Mistake Half of Afghanistan Taliban Leadership Arrested in Pakistan Afghan Wounded Tell of More Left Behind in Marjah US Offensive Yet to Persuade Afghans in Key Town NATO Falls Short in Push for New Trainers NATO Issues Directive Restricting Night Raids US Positions Yet More Satellites Over Afghanistan US Gives Karzai Cautious Support on New Election Law US to Spend $600 Million on Afghan Police Stations, but How?

Pakistan

CIA and Pakistan Work Together, but Do So Warily Pakistan Agrees to Hand Over Mullah Baradar to Afghanistan Pakistan Envoy Claims Govt Helped Iran Captured Jundallah Leader Taliban Kill 2 Alleged US Spies in NW Pakistan NATO Tankers Cause Annual Loss of Rs50bn to Pakistan Swat: A Model for US Generals in Afghanistan 2 Sikhs Beheaded in Pakistan's Northwest