News, February 23, 2010

	8 Die in Afghan Bombing as US Loses 1000th Soldier
	NATO Attacks Afghan Buses, Killing 27 Civilians Outgoing UN Rep.: Talk With Mullah Omar Anger Spreads on Marjah's Front Line US Special Operations Ordered Deadly Afghan Strike

At Least 13 Killed in Swat Valley Bombing

Holder: Zazi Confession Proves Civilian Courts Work

Afghanistan

Afghanistan Battle Shows War Rarely Fought to Plan US Trying to Avoid Afghan Deaths but War Is 'Ugly' 'European Public and Politicians Are Losing Patience With Afghanistan Mission' In Afghanistan, Sunday Mass on a Makeshift Altar Australia Warns It Can't Replace Dutch in Afghan Province US Says Exploring Afghan Supply Route Via Georgia Afghans Voice Their Fears Amid Marjah Campaign Suicide Attack Kills 15 Afghans Including Tribal Leader New Marjah Mayor Faces Daunting PR Sell to Local Afghans Suicide Attack Kills Hajji Zaman, Who Is Tied to bin Laden's Escape

News, February 22, 2010

	McChrystal Puts Focus on Invading Kandahar
	Marjah Civilians, Surrounded by Conflict, Run Out of Food   Petraeus: US Losses in Afghan Offensive 'Will Be Tough to Bear'   Taliban Mounting Tough Fight in Marjah   After Dutch Govt Falls, Troops to Leave Afghanistan in August

Afghanistan

Afghans Voice Their Fears Amid Marjah Campaign Battle for Marjah Not Only Militarily Significant Sweep of Marjah Focuses on Pocket of 'Determined Resistance' Taliban Reject Renewed Karzai Call for Peace Proposal Outgunned Taliban Mounting Tough Fight in Marjah NATO Members Face Biggest Afghanistan Battle at Home Afghan Police Move Into Taliban Stronghold Taliban Is Just One of Many Challenges Faced by Afghan Towns Kabul Bank's Sherkhan Farnood Feeds Crony Capitalism in Afghanistan Karzai's Rival Warns Him Not to Cut Deals With Taliban Army Deploying Soldiers With New Combat Camouflage to Afghanistan Holbrooke Seeks Central Asia Help for Afghanistan

Pakistan

Report: Another Major Afghan Taliban Figure Nabbed in Pakistan Sikh's Headless Body Found in Khyber Agency Pakistan PM: Support Democracy, Oppose Mid-Term Elections

News, February 21, 2010

	Karzai: NATO Still Killing Too Many Civilians
	Taliban Put Up Tough Fight in Marjah   Thousands of British Troops Wounded in Afghanistan   Fall of Dutch Government Bodes Ill for Afghanistan War   Probes Overlook McChrystal's Role in Costly Afghan Battles

	Suicide Teams Attack Pakistani Police Stations
	Pakistan Army Airstrike Kills 30 Militants in NW

Afghanistan

Fighting Rages as Karzai Urges Restraint From NATO Marines Do Heavy Lifting as Afghan Army Lags in Battle Mystery Holes and Angry Ants: Another Afghan Day Toll Grows as Afghan Offensive Enters Second Week Afghan President Renews Peace Calls to Taliban Three Civilians Killed in Southern Afghanistan Will Crackdown on Taliban Help Reintegration? As Marja Assault Progresses, Coalition Considers Challenges in Rebuilding Area Robots and Bees to Beat the Taliban

Pakistan

CIA Is Said to Seek Custody of a Seized Taliban Chief Captured in Pakistan Pakistan Enhances Military Posts Along Afghan Border Pakistani Police Chief Dies in Attack on Stations PM Hopes Atomic Commission Will Maintain Defense Needs of Pakistan Reports of Indians Training Baloch Dissidents Karachi a Refuge for the Insurgent on the Run Pakistan Customs Seizes Afghan Transit Trade Containers Full of Explosives