News, February 8, 2010

	Taliban, NATO Prepare for Big Helmand Offensive
	Karzai Demands Halt to Afghan Civilian Casualties   Afghan Police Official Accused of Helping Insurgents Make Bombs   Karzai: Afghanistan May Institute Conscription   Casualties in Afghanistan Will Rise in 2010, US and UK Officials Warn

Afghanistan

Taliban Dig in for Big Assault, Say Afghan Villagers Two Swedish Officers, Local Interpreter Killed in Afghanistan US Not in Direct Talks With Taliban: Holbrooke 4 Afghan Police Killed in Bombing Afghan Insecurity Pushes Gold Price Up, Business Down Battle to Electrify Kandahar Shows Afghan Dilemma Afghan Force Faces Crucial Test in Marjah

Pakistan

Report: 9,000 Blackwater Personnel in Islamabad Pakistanis Doubt Taliban Chiefs in Baluchistan Pakistani Military Seizes Taliban Stronghold in NW Karachi Violence Blow to Pakistan Economy Taliban Kill 'US Spy' in North Waziristan

Pakistan

	Growing US Pressure on Pakistan
	Top al-Qaeda Official Believed Killed Pakistan Tightens Travel Controls on Western Muslims

Pakistan

	President Asif Zardari of Pakistan 'Is a Billionaire'
	India-China Rivalry Complicates Pakistan Picture
	Pakistan Troops Killed 15 Militants in Tribal Region
	Gilani Hints at General Amnesty for Baloch Leaders

Americans in Pakistan

	Americans Arrested in Pakistan Accused of Planning Attack
	FBI Probes Terror Suspects Arrested in Pakistan
	Obama Declines Comment on Pakistan Arrests
	'Deradicalizer' Used in Case of US Muslim Men Arrested in Pakistan
	US Military Joins CIA's Drone War in Pakistan

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