News-January 29, 2007

	Report: Taliban in Secret Meeting With UN
	US Troops Kill Kabul Imam in 'Unfortunate Incident'   Karzai Eyes Another 15 Years of NATO Aid   Taliban Reject London Conference   Afghan Strategy Doomed: UN Envoy

	Rare NATO Convoy Attack in 'Safe' Pakistan City
	Philippines Doubts Militant Was Killed in Pakistan

Afghanistan

Early Troop Exit Derailed by Karzai's 15-Year NATO Timeframe French Minister: No More Combat Troops to Afghanistan Afghan Groups Criticize Taliban Fund Karzai Sees Taliban Pact as Central to Ending War Karzai Government Invites Taliban to Peace Meeting Aussie Cash for Taliban Converts Afghanistan Conference Agrees on Exit Timetable Five-Year Plan to 'Buy Afghanistan Exit' Afghanistan Denies Tensions After Iran Shuns London Conference

Pakistan

Pakistan Seeks Role as Mediator in Possible Taliban-Afghanistan Peace Talks Four Militants Killed in South Waziristan Search Operation Pakistan Premier: India and Pakistan Cannot Afford War, Must Talk Gilani: Pakistan, India Must Not Be Held Hostage to 26/11

News, December 20, 2009

	NATO to 'Stay in Afghanistan as Long as It Takes'
	Former UN Envoy Blasts New Karzai Cabinet as 'Corrupt'

Afghanistan Cabinet

Karzai Presents New Afghan Cabinet List, Including US Favorites Karzai Ousts 2 Ministers US Wanted Gone Over Corruption Afghan Cabinet Nominations Show Little Change New Afghan Cabinet List Draws Ire From Legislators Nominees for Afghanistan's New Cabinet

Afghanistan

Grateful Georgia Sends Troops to Afghanistan US Contractor Jailed for Afghan Kickback Scheme US Officer Works to Create 'Security Bubbles' in Afghanistan American, British, Polish Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan UK Defense Spending Pledge for Afghanistan to Be Tested Afghanistan Army Widow: I'm Hurting Now but the Nation Will Be Hurt for Generations Fijian Security Officer Dies in Afghanistan

NEWS--November 19, 2009

	Karzai Keeps Much of Cabinet Including Warlords
	NATO Air Strike Kills Three Afghan Civilians   Lack of Basic Infrastructure Slows Effort to Build Afghan Forces

Kandahar Builds Ahead of Troops Surge Corruption a Way of Life in Afghanistan

News, December 17, 2009

	US Fails to Stop Taliban at Afghan-Pak Border
	Pelosi: Up to Obama to Win Funds for Afghan Escalation   German Govt in Crisis Over Revelations on Afghan Killings   US Special Forces Ordered to Focus on Killing Taliban   UN Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai   Petraeus: Afghan War a Success, Even if bin Laden Still at Large

US in Afghanistan

House Probes Charges of 'Protection Racket' by Afghanistan Contractors First of 30,000 New Troops Arriving in Afghanistan After Difficult Goodbye, US Marines Head Off to Afghanistan Marines Eager, Wary About Leading Surge Into Afghanistan US Audit Finds Afghan Anticorruption Unit Ineffective US to Expand Eyes in the Sky Over Afghanistan Terror Monitor: Tape of Captured US Soldier Due

Germany in Afghanistan

German DM Accused of Lying by Top General German Ministers Face Kunduz Air Strike Inquiry How NATO Sought to Play Down the German Air Strike

Canada in Afghanistan

Coalition Allies Faulted Canada Over Handling of Detainees Conservative Boycott Shuts Down Afghan Detainee Hearing

Others in Afghanistan

NATO Chief Asks for Russian Help in Afghanistan Estonian Soldier Is Killed by Bomb in Afghanistan's Helmand Province Three Captured Journalists in Afghanistan Freed, Says Guardian