News, Febraury 17, 2010

	Marja Offensive Is First Step, Next Stop Kandahar
	US Rocket System Back in Use Days After Killing 12 Civilians Taliban Town Residents Skeptical of NATO Promises Afghan Police Vow to Hold Territory Captured by NATO Troops UN Slams Militarization of Afghan Aid

	Bomb Kills 29 in Pakistan as US Envoy Visits
	Pakistan: Detained Taliban Chief 'Talking' Pakistani Government Backs Down in Judge Dispute

Afghanistan Occupation

Afghan Offensive Tests Obama's War Plan US Won't Talk to Taliban Until It Cuts al-Qaeda Ties Dutch Cabinet Deadlocked Over Afghanistan Mission Marines Find Rocket Attack's Victims as Mystery Deepens IEDs Lurk as Biggest Threat in US-Led Afghan Offensive Snipers Imperil US Troops in Offensive in Afghanistan White House Says Taliban Capture 'A Big Success' NATO Airstrike Kills More Than a Dozen Taliban Fighters A Look at NATO Combat Rules in Afghanistan 'Python' Is British Army's Winning Weapon Against Afghan Roadside Bombs

Afghanistan

Maldives: Taliban Met With Afghan Govt Envoys Afghans Lend Hand to Anti-Taliban Efforts Taliban Armory: Rocks, Potshots and Drawings Taliban Deny Report of Baradar's Arrest Afghan Government's Neglect of Notorious Mountain Pass Kills Hundreds

Pakistan

In Shift, Pakistan Plays Role in Capture of Afghan Taliban's No. 2 Pakistan: US Help Needed to Balance Indian Arms Buying Spree Pakistan Poised for More Arrests After Capture of Mullah Baradar Pakistani Court Rejects Bail for US Suspects Pakistan's Karachi, a Refuge but No Base for Taliban

January 09, 2010

	CIA Bomber Video Calls for Attacks on US
	Video Links Taliban in Pakistan to Attack on CIA   Karzai: I Don't Need Favor of Foreign Powers   'Afghan Insurgency Can Sustain Itself Indefinitely': Top US Intel Officer   Administration Frustrated by Pentagon's Struggles in Afghan Escalation

	1 US, 8 Afghan Troops Killed by Roadside Bombs
	US Envoy Says Afghanistan 'More Than Karzai'
	British Troops Set to Hand Frontline Afghanistan Role to US
	CIA Attacker Was Loner Who Shunned Parties
	Rockets Hit US Consulate Site in Herat
	American Major's Secret Afghan Meeting
	Merkel Coalition Split on Afghanistan Strategy
	Swede Picked for Afghan UN Post
	Canada Report Highlights Afghan Rape, Immolation

News, January 7, 2010

	Deadly Blast Arouses New Afghan Anger at US
	Questions About CIA Bomber’s Reliability Before Attack   General: 500 US Casualties a Month in Afghanistan by Summer   Outgoing UN Mission Chief: Afghanistan May Become 'Unmanageable'

	Afghanistan Asks UN to Ease Some Taliban Sanctions
	UN Envoy Urges Reconciliation With Taliban
	Karzai Seeks New Cabinet Before London Conference
	US Wants Karzai, Parliament to Agree on Cabinet
	Afghan Ambassador: US Watch List 'Unfair'
	Renegade Afghan Police Chief Captured
	Taliban Issue Demands for Release of French Journalists
	Afghanistan Cemetery Holds Memories of Foreigners