US Drone Strikes Kill 17 in Pak Border Region
	Insurgents Hack US Drones With $26 Software   Pakistan Court Voids Amnesty Shielding Govt Figures

	Pakistan Reported to Be Harassing US Diplomats
	Security Forces Kill 49 Taliban in FATA
	Pakistani Minister: Terror War Almost Over
	Pakistani Displaced Find Life Hard in Karachi
	Pakistan PM Says Committed to Promote Partnership With US

Pakistan

	US Afghan Strategy in Peril as Pakistan Refuses to Take on Key Militant
	Some in Pakistani Top Command Favor Assault on Afghan Insurgents
	For Westerners, It's Not Easy to Join the Taliban
	Can Mullen Get Pakistan to Shut Down Its Terrorist Havens?
	Grenade Hurled at Police Bus in Quetta

News, December 15, 2009

	US Silent About Taliban Offer on al-Qaeda
	56,000 More Contractors Likely for Afghanistan

	Suicide Blast Kills Eight in Kabul Near Homes of Top Officials
	Two British Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attack
	Major Challenge for Pentagon Is Getting Fuel to US Troops in Afghanistan
	UK Navy and RAF Pay the Price to Fund Afghan War
	Merkel Testimony Is Sought on Afghan Air Strike
	How Much Is a Human Life Worth?: The Dilemma of the Kunduz Bombing

Afghanistan

Afghan Escalation Slower Than Expected
Mullen: Growing Collusion Between Taliban, Pakistani 'Extremists'

	16 Policemen Killed in 2 Attacks in Afghanistan
	Mullen Warns of Heavier Afghanistan Fight
	Taliban Speed Up Attacks as US Top Commander Visits
	Afghans Violating Detainee-Transfer Agreement
	Obama: Sending More Troops to Afghanistan Was 'Hardest Decision of Presidency'
	UK Bishop Apologizes Over Taliban Comments
	Canada Defended Afghan 'Human-Rights Abuser,' Memos Allege

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Pakistan

	Blast Kills 33 in Pakistan Market
	Despite Reports, Obama Still Threatens Pak CityPakistan Pakistani Taliban Blames Secret Agencies for Terrorism Over 40,000 Flee Looming Operation in Pakistan's Tribal Area Hardline Pakistani Schools a Draw for Foreigners US Militant Suspects to Stay in Pakistan, Court Rules Petraeus: Pakistan Army Has No Intention to Oust Govt

New Strategy for the Afghan Surge

Lock them up then let them go: strategy for the Afghan surge

Reconciliation is America's new weapon against the Taliban. Kim Sengupta reports from Helmand

ROB KNIGHT 'The Independent'

Monday, 14 December 2009

 

Afghan farmer Izatullah Ali is taken away by US Marines in Helmand

The men looked frightened. Taken in handcuffs after US Marines found caches of Kalashnikovs, bomb-making material and opium during searches of their homes in a major offensive against the Taliban, their future looked bleak. But just 48 hours later the prisoners were brought back to their village and freed into the care of local elders...more

News, December 14, 2009 -- Afghanistan

	16 Policemen Killed in 2 Attacks in Afghanistan
	Taliban 'Stability' Welcomed by Some Afghans Obama Open to Yet Another New Afghan Policy Afghan Government Promises to Insurgents Often Empty Germany Says No to Sending More Soldiers to Afghanistan

	PM Gordon Brown Tries to Smooth British-Afghan Relations
	Karzai Apologizes to Families of British Troops
	Afghan Army Starts Own Surge in South Afghanistan
	Taliban Stalls Key Hydroelectric Turbine Project in Afghanistan
	In Afghanistan, Marines Live a Tough Camp Life

Military Faces Challenges in Deploying More Troops to Afghanistan

Pakistan

	US Plans Drone Strikes Into Major Pakistani City
	Congress Okays $1.5 Billion in Pakistan Aid

Pakistan

	Pakistan Looks at Militant as Key to Americans' Journey
	Petraeus Urges Pakistan to Raise Pressure on Taliban
	Pakistan FM: India Behind Terrorist Attacks
	Two More US Consulate Vehicles Intercepted in Lahore
	Fighting in Pakistan Kills 7 Militants, 2 Troops

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