News, March 09 2010

	Fiction of Marjah as City Was US Misinformation
	McChrystal: US Slowed Campaign to Spare Civilians Afghanistan Confirms Ahmadinejad's Visit to Kabul

	15 Killed, 90 Wounded in Lahore Suicide Bombing
	US Government Knows of No al-Qaeda Arrest in Pakistan

Afghanistan

Gates in Afghanistan; Meets With Military Leaders Afghanistan Commander Sees Slow Build-Up in Kandahar Gates Warns of 'More Dark Days' and 'Much Fighting' in Afghan War Gates and Afghan Leader Review Plan for a Kandahar Offensive Special Forces Probed After Children's Deaths in Afghanistan Police, US Troops Battle Gunmen in E. Afghanistan New Marjah Leader Was Jailed for Attempted Murder in Germany Afghan Taliban Seize Villages From Other Militants Afghanistan War Strategy Facing 'Serious' Setbacks Zabul Province Seeks US Troops, but Is Caught in Afghan Numbers Game Holbrooke's Harvard Comments Slammed in Afghanistan Cocktail of Ingredients Making Sangin So Lethal for Brits Montenegro Sends First Troops to Afghanistan

Pakistan

US Drone Strikes Kill Five in North Waziristan US Acknowledges Pakistan's Wider Anti-Militancy Resolve Tribal Militia Sets Fire to 130 Taliban Houses in Bajaur

News, March 08 2010

	Afghan Clash Kills 60 Fighters, 19 Civilians
	Karzai to Pay Families for NATO's Dec. Massacre of Schoolchildren   Karzai Gets an Earful in Town Seized From Taliban
	US al-Qaeda Man Arrested, but Not Adam Gadahn
	Pakistan: 11 Killed in Lahore Suicide Bombing   Petraeus: US Helped ISI Create Extremists

Afghanistan

Afghan Militants Battle Taliban, Defect to Govt British Special Forces in Afghanistan Suffers Worst Losses for 60 Years Britain to Limit Press Coverage of Afghan War Until Election Ends Three NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan US, Afghan Officials Hope Insurgent Feud Signals Split Troops Seize $250 Million Afghan Heroin Haul

Pakistan

Jet Fighters Pound Militant Hideouts in South Waziristan Gunmen Kill Pakistani Taliban Leader in Northwest Pak-China Anti-Terrorism Exercise in Summer Pakistani Lawmakers Refuse 'Naked' Body Scan, Cut Short US Visit

News, March 07 2010

	US al-Qaeda Man Arrested, but Not Adam Gadahn
	US Envoy Unsure Pak Opposes Afghan Taliban   Pakistani Minister Claims Death of Three Senior Taliban Leaders
	US Offensive Brings New Leader With Violent Past
	Departing UN Envoy Says Afghan Strategy Is Too 'Military-Driven'   NATO: Taliban Fight in Afghan South Led by Ex-Gitmo Inmate

Afghanistan

Afghan Official: Marjah Chief's Crime Record Will Be Probed Army Launches Investigation: Corrupt Afghans Stealing Millions From Aid Funds Infighting Between Militant Groups Claims Over a Dozen Lives in Northern Afghanistan: Official Red Cross Condemns Taliban Booby Trap Bombs in Afghanistan India Closes Medical Mission in Kabul After Terror Attack No School for Almost Half of Afghan Children: President Karzai Calls on Taliban to Stop Attacking Schools

Brits in Afghanistan

Gordon Brown Visits Afghanistan Amid Iraq Inquiry Row Brown Accused of Cheap Stunt in Military Cuts Row Afghanistan Blast Kills UK Regiment's Second Soldier in Four Days Admiral Slams 'Disingenuous' Brown Over War Funds British PM Pledges Vehicles to Battle Afghan Bombs Brown Finally Axes Snatch Land Rovers Linked to 36 Army Deaths

Afghanistan Occupation

NATO Backs Afghan Official Despite Jail Accusation NATO General Criticizes German Afghan Engagement Report Warns of Overwork at US Embassy in Afghanistan Letting Women Reach Women in Afghan War Afghan Drug Trade Complicates US Task in Marjah

Pakistan

US Planes Violate Pakistan Airspace Politician Shot Dead in SW Pakistan Pakistan: Former Taliban Finance Minister Arrested Pakistan: Two Soldiers Die; Two Hurt in Quetta Attack Two Recovered, Watchman Kidnapped in Pakistan Two Convicted Terrorists Freed by Punjab Government, Claims Governor