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

January 11, 2010

	6 US and French Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
	No Secret as US Marines Plan for Afghan Assault   CIA Director Defends Agency After Afghanistan Suicide Blast   Blast Kills British Journalist, Afghan, US Soldiers

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