News, April 12, 2010

	US Troops Attack Civilian Bus in Kandahar, Killing 5
	US 'Praises' Karzai, Downplays Row   WikiLeaks 2: Wrath of Farah   Afghan Soldier Fires on NATO Troops   Italian Charity Workers Held Over Afghan 'Assassination Plot'

70 Civilians Killed as Pakistan Jets Bomb Khyber

Afghan President Urges Taliban to Air Grievances Gates, Clinton Rally in Support of Karzai Karzai Tours With McChrystal After US Rift Parliament Demands Karzai Fill Afghan Cabinet Posts Karzai in Kunduz Calls on Taliban to Renounce Violence 5 Deminers Killed in Afghanistan as Bus Hits Roadside Bomb Canadian Soldier Killed By Roadside Bomb Four Civilians, One Soldier Killed in Afghan Blasts Kabul Park Offers Afghan Women a Taste of Freedom and Opportunity

Pakistan

Pakistani Forces Kill 23 Militants in Orakzai Evidence Against Five Americans on Trial in Pakistan Questioned In Pakistani School, Nuanced Views for New Nuclear Balance

News, April 11, 2010

	Karzai Threatens to Block US Offensive
	Wikileaks 2: Wrath of Farah   Afghan Soldier Fires on NATO Troops   Afghan Officials Say Pak Arrest of Taliban Leader Threatens Peace Talks   Afghans Accuse Italians of Assassination Plot   Obama Sends Letter to Karzai, Reaffirming US-Afghanistan Cooperation
	Pakistani Air Strikes Kill More Than 70 Civilians
	US Officials: Pak Spy Agency Released Taliban

Afghanistan

US Ambassador Says Washington, Kabul Can Disagree 2 Italians Among 9 Held in Alleged Afghan Plot Six Afghans Killed in Blasts, Attack on Indian Company Afghans Report More Roadside Bombs, Attacks on the Rise New Zealand Army Attacked in Afghanistan, No Casualties Three 'Terrorist Bands' Arrested in Afghan Capital India to Play Role in Afghanistan 'With or Without America' Kandahar Airfield: Just Like Coney Island

Canadians in Afghanistan

Troops Knew of Afghan Prisoner Abuse, Retired Captain Says Ottawa Accused of Withholding Military Letters on Detainees Bondage, Beatings and a Few Questions From the Governor House of Pain: Canada's Connection With Kandahar's Ruthless Palace Guard Canada Ready to Mentor Afghan Police After 2011, Says DM

Pakistan

	Pakistan Foreign Office: No Compromises on Nuclear Deterrence
	Pakistan Military Launches Biggest-Ever War Games, Near India Border
	Waziristan Clashes Leave Three Soldiers, 10 Militants Dead
	Official: Pakistan Paid Ransom, Freed Militant for Greek Aid Worker

	Coalition of the Rented?
	Karzai Blames Foreigners for Afghan Vote Fraud

Afghanistan

US Ready to Pursue Senior Afghan Officials on Drugs Taliban Taunt Obama Over Secret Afghan Visit US Looking for Leaders in Afghan Army An Airborne Afghan Folktale DEA Says Afghan Opium Seizures Soar in 2009 British Soldier Killed in Afghan Explosion UK Troops Suffer in Sangin, the Most Dangerous Place in Afghanistan Afghan Corruption Threatens US Strategy, Ambassador Galbraith Says

Pakistan

Enduring Army Role in Swat Spurs Questions About Pakistan's Civilian Government Pakistani Troops Kill 28 Militants in Northwest US Urges Pakistan to Act Against Taliban in Punjab Court Gives Pakistan Five Days on Foreign Graft Cases Many Pakhtuns Rejoice Over NWFP Name-Change