News, March 25, 2010

	US Downplays Hopes for Afghan Reconciliation
	Afghan Soldiers Way Below Standard, Exasperated Marines Say
	US Pledges to Speed Up Arms to Pakistan
	'Strategic Depth' at Heart of Taliban Arrests

Afghanistan

NATO Rejects Russia's Demand to Destroy Afghan Poppy Fields With War and Neglect, Afghans Face Water Shortage Two NATO Soldiers, Two De-Miners Killed in Afghan Blasts Afghan Taliban Denies Secret Talks With UN Envoy Taliban-Linked Group to Meet With UN Top US General in Afghanistan Gives Order: Close TGIFriday's Afghanistan, China Vow Strong Relations Uphill Task for US Marines on Afghan Healthcare Trial Begins for Canadian Soldier in Killing of Unarmed Taliban UN Rights Chief Laments 2009 Afghan Civilian Toll

Pakistan

Clinton Says 'New Day' for US and Pakistan After Arrests, Taliban Promote a Fighter Pakistan Pleased With Outcome of Talks With US Pakistani Security Forces Kill 23 Militants in NW US Noncommittal on Pakistan's Nuclear Desires Outlawed Pakistan Group Let Calls for Holy War Pakistan Judge Delays Ruling on Nuclear Scientist

News, March 24, 2010

	Pak to Curb President's Powers as Court Battle Looms
	US Missile Strike Kills Six in NW Pakistan

	US: Iran 'Training' Taliban Fighters
	Taliban Say They Are Not Involved in Kabul Peace Talks   Russia Says Nuclear Iran Not Alarming, Urges Talks

Afghanistan Pakistan Increasingly Playing Ball to Rein in Afghanistan Taliban Helicopter Mishap in Afghanistan Injures Occupants Insurgent Faction Presents Afghan Peace Plan Pakistan US Noncommittal on Pakistan's Nuclear Desires Jordan's Ambassador to Pakistan Targeted by Plot Pakistan: Give Us Drones

News, March 23, 2010

Karzai in Peace Talks with Taliban Rival
Rights Group: Pak Using Tribal Militias for Extralegal Killings

Afghanistan

UN Mission in Afghanistan Gets New One-Year Mandate Afghanistan Seeks More Independence American Forces Use .50 Caliber Weapons in Afghan Cities Two NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan US Forces on Taliban's Heels U-2 Still Flying Over Afghanistan New Danish Foreign Minister on First Visit to Afghanistan

Pakistan

Pakistan's Nuclear 'Godfather' in New Inquiry Pakistan's Arrest of Top Taliban Undermines Afghanistan Pakistan to Investigate Khan's Ties to Iran's Nuclear Program