News, April 19, 2010

	Army Report: Kandahar Offensive Could Backfire
	Tension Rises in Kandahar Ahead of NATO Summer Offensive   Taliban's Supreme Leader Signals Willingness to Talk Peace
	Bombs Kill 41 Pakistani Refugees Seeking Food
	Pakistan Army Admits Civilians Killed in Airstrikes   Why Pakistan's Military Is Holding Back in North Waziristan

Afghanistan

Karzai Vote Rules Compromise Ends Standoff With West In Shift, Pentagon to Solicit Bids on $1 Billion Contract to Train Afghan Police Italian Charity Sees UK Behind Doctors' Arrests in Afghanistan Karzai Pledges Transparent Probe of Italians' Case Canadian Soldiers Did Not Unlawfully Shoot Unarmed Afghan, Says Defense Chief Taliban Targets US Contractors Working on Projects in Afghanistan Five Afghan UN Workers Missing in Northern Province of Baghlan Roadside Bomb Kills 2 Afghan Police, Wounds 3 in Khost 140 Australian Soldiers Return Home From Afghanistan Iranian Engineer Brings Roads, Rail to Afghan West

Bhutto Assassination Probe

Pakistan May Fear Reopening Bhutto Probe Musharraf Aides Scoff at UN Report UN Bhutto Report Criticizes Military Influence UN Report on Benazir Bhutto's Murder

Pakistan

At Least 21 Militants Killed in NW Pakistan's Orakzai Agency Pakistan Prosecutor: Americans Linked to Militants Police Baton Charge Angry Protesters in Pakistan 2 Schools Blown Up in Khyber Militant Group Claims Responsibility for Saturday's Twin Blasts Pakistan: Trio That Kidnapped British Boy Killed in Clash Hunger Strike Camps Set Up in Pakistan's Hazara Division

News, March 16, 2010

	Afghan Anger at US Casualty Payments
	In Turnabout, US Warms to ‘Drug Kingpin’ Wali Karzai   US Retreat From Afghan Valley Marks Recognition of Blunder   Three US Lawmakers Sponsor Afghan Pullout Plan

US Drone Attack Kills Four in NW Pakistan

Afghanistan

20,000 US Troops Transited Through Russia for uAfghanistan Senators Say Karzai Backs US Role Germany to Deploy Heavy Artillery in Northern Afghanistan German Minister in Afghanistan to Back Mission Afghan Bankers See Growth Despite Insecurity

Pakistan

US Faces Hurdles in Aid Spending in NW Pakistan US and Pakistan Adapt Their Approach on Divisive Issue of North Waziristan Pakistan Interior Minister Declares Swat Flogging Video Real Pakistan Using Giant Scanners to Guard Against Truck Bombs Pakistan Braces for UN Report on Benazir

News, April 14, 2010

	Pakistan Airstrike Kills 71 Civilians: Official
	Up to 200,000 Civilians Flee Pakistan's Orakzai Offensive   US Special Ops Playing Expanded Role in Pakistan
	Kandahar Riots Show Rising Resentment
	Ignorance of Afghan Society Led to Botched Raids   US Troops Attack Civilian Bus in Kandahar, Killing 5

Afghanistan

Negotiator: US Needs to Negotiate Directly With Taliban Leader Kandahar Bus Killings Leave NATO Offensive in Doubt Roadside Bomb Blasts Kill 6 Afghan Security Forces Rocket Attacks Kill Three Afghan Women, Injure Four

Pakistan

North Waziristan Drone Attack Toll Rises to 13 Name Change Stirs Pakistan Protest UN Lobbies for More Aid for Pakistan's Displaced Persons Indian PM Says Open to Dialogue if Pakistan Acts on Mumbai