News, January 12, 2010

	Gen. McChrystal Declares Afghan Surge a 'Success'
	Six NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

	Over 3,000 Killed as Pakistan Violence Soared in 2009
	Pakistani Troops Kill Eight in South Waziristan   Pakistan Seen Becoming More Islamist, Anti-US

Afghanistan

	McChrystal: 'Killing the Enemy Is Not the Best Route to Success'
	Brits: US Won't Help Allies Beat IEDs
	Afghan President Karzai Submits New Cabinet Choices
	Afghan Attacks Signal Shift From Seasonal Violence
	Bomber Urged More Attacks Before Striking CIA

News, January 10, 2010

	CIA Bomber Video Calls for Attacks on US
	CIA Director: Suicide Bomber in Afghanistan Was Almost Searched   CIA Bomber Shared US and Jordanian Secrets   Blackwater/Xe Services Aims for $1 Billion Afghan Deal   Afghans Losing Hope After 8 Years of War

Afghanistan Occupation

Britain Mulls 'Pullback From Part of Afghan Region' British FM Says Aid to Afghanistan Conditional UK 'Paid Afghan Warlord $2m to Find Osama bin Laden' Afghans Agree to Take Over US Prison at Bagram NATO Says 2 Service Members Dead in Afghanistan Canada: Afghanistan Mission Cost Surpasses $525,000 Per Soldier British Father Tells of Fears Serving in Afghanistan With Son Second Elite US Force to Join Canadians in Kandahar After Year in Afghanistan, Platoon Savors Home

Afghanistan

New Afghan Cabinet Picks Still Generate Resistance Afghan President's New Cabinet Picks Include Controversial Figure New Karzai Cabinet Snubs Warlords Afghanistan's Second List of Cabinet Nominees In Afghanistan, a Governor Who Answers to No One Taliban Make 'Undetectable' Bombs Out of Wood

News, January 5, 2010

	Jordanian Double-Agent Killed CIA Officers
	Afghan Roadside Bombing Kills 4 US Troops   Chaos Looms as Afghan MPs Nix Karzai Cabinet   Rejection of Karzai Cabinet Picks Signals Power Shift

German FM Wants Afghans to Take Responsibility for Security UN Envoy Warns of Power Vacuum After Afghan Parliament Rejects Karzai Cabinet British Troops 'Will Be Led by Afghans' Expert: German Soldiers 'Trained to Kill' in Afghanistan Karzai's Cabinet Nominees: Approved and Rejected Hazaras Hustle to Head of the Class in Afghanistan Taliban Deny Abducting French Reporters Afghans Love to Get Their Goat in National Sport of Buzkashi Seattle Attorney Battles to Keep Girls' Schools Open in Afghanistan

News, January 4, 2010

	Jordanian Double-Agent Killed CIA Officers
	Afghan Roadside Bombing Kills 4 US Troops Chaos Looms as Afghan MPs Nix Karzai Cabinet Rejection of Karzai Cabinet Picks Signals Power Shift

German FM Wants Afghans to Take Responsibility for Security UN Envoy Warns of Power Vacuum After Afghan Parliament Rejects Karzai Cabinet British Troops 'Will Be Led by Afghans' Expert: German Soldiers 'Trained to Kill' in Afghanistan Karzai's Cabinet Nominees: Approved and Rejected Hazaras Hustle to Head of the Class in Afghanistan Taliban Deny Abducting French Reporters Afghans Love to Get Their Goat in National Sport of Buzkashi Seattle Attorney Battles to Keep Girls' Schools Open in Afghanistan