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March 16, 2010
3/16/10 Al Jazeera, US drone attack kills Pakistanis
3/16/10 Graff, Reuters, Afghanistan confirms blanket pardon for war crimes
March 15, 2010
3/15/10 PressTV, US DoD official run spy ring in Afghanistan, Pakistan
3/15/10 Gutmann, CSM, Afghanistan war: How Taliban tactics are evolving
3/15/10 Hodge, Wired, Off-the-Books 'Jason Bournes' in Afghanistan?
March 14, 2010
3/14/10 DeepJournal, CIA's European Secrets: Black Site Prisons Investigated
March 11, 2010
3/11/10 BBC, Afghanistan does not want 'proxy wars', says Karzai
March 10, 2010
3/10/10 Walberg, IntelDaily, Russia, Azerbaijan/Armenia: All roads lead to the Caucasus
3/10/10 Grim, Huffington Post, Patrick Kennedy: Press Corps Is 'Despicable' for Not Covering Afghanistan War Resolution
March 8, 2010
3/08/10 Porter, IPS, Fiction of Marja as City Was US Information War
March 7, 2010
3/07/10 BBC, Taliban clashes with rival Afghan militants kill 60
March 6, 2010
3/06/10 Sayah, CNN, Taliban leader in Swat Valley killed in airstrike
March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Lindorff, TruthOut, Afghanistan's My Lai Massacre
March 2, 2010
3/02/10 Siddique, Guardian, Child cocaine treatment rises by more than 65%
March 1, 2010
3/01/10 Foulkes, BBC, Big rise in Afghan child migrants
February 28, 2010
2/28/10 Richburg, WP, In Afghanistan, U.S. seeks to fix a tattered system of justice
February 27, 2010
2/27/10 Chatterjee, IPS, DynCorp Oversight in Afghanistan Faulted
February 24, 2010
2/24/10 Ebrahim, IPS, PAKISTAN: Transgenders Make Their Presence Felt at the Workplace
February 23, 2010
2/23/10 Al Jazeera, US vows probe into Afghan deaths
2/23/10 Spolar, Huffington, Military Training of Afghan National Police Mired in Contract Dispute
2/23/10 Bryneart, Raw Story, Kucinich Challenges Gates on Civilians Killed in Afghanistan
2/23/10 Al Jazeera, Marjah residents receive food aid
2/23/10 Porter, IPS, AFGHANISTAN: Marja Offensive Aimed to Shape U.S. Opinion on War
2/23/10 Feffer, FPIF, Our Taliban
2/23/10 Shah, CSM, Afghanistan war: Marjah offensive is trial run for Kandahar push
February 22, 2010
2/22/10 IntelDaily, Afghans hate US backed war lords
2/22/10 Day, McClatchy, U.S. spending $600 million on Afghan police stations
2/22/10 Englehardt, MoJo, The Afghan Mask Slips
February 21, 2010
2/21/10 Landay, McClatchy, Probes Overlook McChrystal's Role in Costly Afghan Battles
2/21/10 Chaandrsekaran, WP, As Marja assault progresses, coalition considers challenges in rebuilding area
February 20, 2010
2/20/10 Haider, Reuters, Pakistan kills 30 militants in air strike
2/20/10 CNN, Airstrikes kill 30 militants in Pakistan
February 17, 2010
2/17/10 Rozoff, IntelDaily, Afghanistan: Charlie Wilson And America's 30-Year War
2/17/10 Al Jazeera, Pakistan plot suspects 'tortured'
2/17/10 Northland, NYT, U.N. Rejects 'Militarization' of Afghan Aid
February 14, 2010
2/14/10 AP, NATO: Troops miss target, kill 12 Afghan civilians during offensive in south Afghanistan
2/14/10 Reuters, U.S. drone kills five in northwest Pakistan
2/14/10 Abawi, CNN, Troops, Taliban battle for second day in Afghan offensive
February 13, 2010
2/13/10 Hari, Independent, Obama's Secret Prisons in Afghanistan Endanger Us All
2/13/10 Porter, How the Taliban pressed bin Laden
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 Worthington, PublicRecord, Torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo: Shaker Aamer's Lawyers Speak
2/12/10 Campos, FPIF, 'Decoding the New Taliban: Insights from the Afghan Field'
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Daniel, TruthOut Bagram, Obama's Secret Penal Colony
February 9, 2010
2/09/10 Flanders, GritTV, The F Word: Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan
2/09/10 Shahzad, Asia Times, Pakistan's military sets Afghan terms
2/09/10 Graff, Reuters, NATO to Afghan assault villagers: keep heads down
February 8, 2010
2/08/10 UPI, More Blackwater Contractors Than Cops In Pakistan's Capitol
2/08/10 Chatterjee, MoJo, Destabilizing Pakistan
2/08/10 Shah, McClatchy, Afghan drug capital is U.S. target in coming offensive
February 7, 2010
2/07/10 Al Jazeera, US denies 'direct Taliban contact'
2/07/10 Malek, Reuters, Taliban, NATO prepare for big Helmand offensive
2/07/10 Evans & Norton-Taylor, Guardian, RAF 'relying' on drones in Afghanistan
February 6, 2010
2/06/10 Boone, Guardian, Thousands of Civilians Flee Afghan Region as Nato Plans Onslaught
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Scahill, RebelReports, Pentagon Releases Names of Soldiers Killed in Pakistan
2/05/10 Scahill, Nation, The Expanding US War in Pakistan
2/05/10 Landay & Shah, McClatchy, Why are U.S., allies telling Taliban about coming offensive?
February 4, 2010
2/04/10 Day, CSSM, Afghanistan war: US tries to undercut Taliban at tribal level
February 3, 2010
2/03/10 Walsh, Guardian, Obama's Silent War Shocks Pakistan
February 2, 2010
2/02/10 Porter, IPS, US, Karzai Clash on Unconditional Talks with Taliban
January 28, 2010
1/28/10 Borger, Guardian, Revealed: UN in Secret Peace Talks with Taliban
January 27, 2010
1/26/10 Reuters, Afghanistan wins $1.6 billion in debt relief: IMF
1/27/10 Al Jazeera, Plan Considered to Buy off Taliban
1/27/10 Bhala, AlterNet, Military Aid Puts Afghans' Lives at Risk - Report
January 26, 2010
1/26/10 Shah & Landay, McClatchy, Pakistan's former spymaster: U.S. must talk to Mullah Omar
1/26/10 BBC, Bomber strikes near military base in Kabul
January 25, 2010
1/25/10 Schmitt, NYT, U.S. Envoy's Cables Show Concerns on Afghan War Plans
January 24, 2010
1/24/10 Kaye, Public record, Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck In Afghanistan
1/24/10 BBC, Afghanistan parliamentary election postponed
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Tiron, The Hill, CBO: Troop Surge in Afghanistan to Cost $36 Billion Over the Next Three Years
1/23/10 McGrath, BBC, Rare warbler found in Afghanistan
January 22, 2010
1/22/10 Bumiller, NYT, Gates Says Taliban Must Take Legitimate Afghan Role
1/22/10 Fisher, PublicRecord, Obama Administration Continues To Withhold Vital Information About Bagram Detainees
1/22/10 Ahmed, CSM, In Pakistan, high court investigates 'disappearances' in wake of 9/11
January 21, 2010
1/21/10 Reuters, U.S. to boost Afghanistan civilian presence
1/21/10 BBC, Why Pakistan will not mount new attacks on militants
1/21/10 Barnes, LAT, Gates vows closer ties, says Pakistan must fight extremists
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Guardian, Demining in rural Afghanistan
2/19/10 BBC, UN Afghanistan survey points to huge scale of bribery
January 17, 2010
1/17/10 IntelDaily, US Army to 'protect' Pakistan's nuclear sites
1/17/10 Dawn/Pakistan, Activists Protest Outside CIA Offices Against Drone Strikes
January 16, 2010
1/16/10 Grimm, HuffingtonPost, Civilian Casualties Soar; Key Afghan Metric Headed In Wrong Direction
1/16/10 BBC, US releases names of prisoners at Bagram, Afghanistan
January 14, 2010
1/14/10 Gregory, Reuters, U.S. war on militancy hits Pakistan economy: Zardari
January 13, 2010
1/13/10 Al Jazeera, Deadliest year for Afghan civilians
1/13/10 Reuters, Obama to ask for $33 billion for Afghan troop buildup
1/13/10 King, LAT, 2 drone strikes kill 16 suspected insurgents in Afghanistan
January 12, 2010
1/12/10 Flavelle, ProPublica, U.S. Contractor Announces Plans to Train Pakistani NGOs, On Its Own Dime
1/12/10 Partlow, WP, Despite Warnings, Military's Use of Drones on the Rise in Afghanistan
January 10, 2010
1/10/10 Rosenbaum, Firedoglake, Blackwater Wants $1 Billion to Train the New Afghan Police Force
January 9, 2010
1/09/10 Lardner, AP, Xe Services Aiming for Afghan Police Training Deal
1/09/10 Batty, Guardian, Killer of CIA agents in Afghanistan calls for revenge
1/09/10 Graff, Reuters, Afghans agree to take over U.S. prison at Bagram
1/09/10 Rudin, BBC, UK 'paid Afghan warlord $2m to find Osama Bin Laden'
1/09/10 Harris, Guardian, CIA bomber's 'martyrdom' video urges more US attacks
1/09/10 Dawar, CNN, 4 killed in suspected drone strike in Pakistan
January 8, 2010
1/08/10 AFP, US Wary Over Granting Bagram Inmates' Rights
1/08/10 Partlow, WP, U.S. military investigates allegations of detainee abuse in Afghanistan
1/07/10 CNN, Two security contractors charged in Afghanistan killings
January 7, 2010
1/07/10 O'Donnell, AFP, Afghan War Kills 3 Children a Day: Report
January 6, 2010
1/06/10 WorldFocus, U.S. military official accuses CIA of lacking key knowledge
1/06/10 Scahill, Nation, Blackwater and the Khost Bombing: Is the CIA Deceiving Congress?
1/06/10 CNN, Sources: Suspected drone strikes kill militants in Pakistan
January 5, 2010
1/05/10 MacAskill et al, Guardian, CIA Agents in Afghanistan Are 'Menace to Themselves,' Former Operatives Claim
1/05/10 Brulliard, WP, Pakistan worried U.S. buildup in Afghanistan will send militants across border
1/05/10 Schmitt, NYT, Slow Start for Military Corps in Afghanistan
1/05/10 Faraj, CNN, Jordanian doctor called double agent behind CIA attack
1/05/10 Gardner, BBC, Afghanistan CIA killings a major blow to US and Jordan
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 Lindorff, Public Record, Are U.S. Forces Executing Kids in Afghanistan? Americans Don't Even Know to Ask
January 3, 2010
1/03/10 CNN, Quake leaves 20,000 homeless in Tajikistan
January 2, 2010
1/02/10 Deep Journal, Over 700 killed in 44 drone strikes in 2009
1/02/10 Fisher, PSL, U.S. intelligence: Time is running out in Afghanistan
1/02/10 AP, Karzai Choices for Afghan Cabinet Mostly Rejected
January 1, 2010
1/01/10 BBC, Afghan CIA bomber 'was courted as potential informant'
December 31, 2009
12/31/09 King, LAT, Afghan panel says U.S. strike killed 8 schoolboys
12/31/09 BBC, CIA workers killed by 'Afghan soldier'
12/31/09 BBC, Pakistan army hits 'militants' in Waziristan hospital
December 30, 2009
12/30/09 Gorst, FT, Kazakh talks to secure stake in giant field
December 29, 2009
12/29/09 Wines, NYT, China, Willing to Spend, Wins a Trove of Afghan Copper
12/29/09 Ahmad, AFP, Escalated Afghan War Brings Escalated Civilian Death
12/29/09 CNN, U.S. source: Afghan 'civilians' killed were in bomb-making ring
December 28, 2009
12/28/09 AFP, 'Afghan Civilians Killed' in US/Nato Military Operations; School Children Among Dead
12/28/09 Peter Schwarz, WSWS, The massacre at Kunduz and the policy of targeted killings
12/28/09 Al Jazeera, Russia opens far east oil terminal
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 BBC, How Soviet troops stormed Kabul palace
12/27/09 Fabian, The Hill, Kucinich: Generals Who Spoke Publicly on Afghan Strategy Should Lose Jobs
December 26, 2009
12/26/09 Al Jazeera, 'US drone' hits Pakistan home
12/26/09 Reuters, Taliban planned to use Americans in Pakistan attacks
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 Van Auken, WSWS, US ground attacks reported in Pakistan
December 23, 2009
12/23/09 BBC, Vietnam secures $500m loan from World Bank
12/23/09 de Leon, IntelDaily, China Secures Gas Supply From Turkmenistan: Who's the True Winner?
December 22, 2009
12/22/09 Roston, Nation, Afghan Lobby Scam
December 21, 2009
12/21/09 BBC, Pakistan politicians to appeal over amnesty
December 20, 2009
12/20/09 WW4 Report, Taliban for sale: Are American taxpayers are indirectly funding the insurgency that has killed more than 900 American soldiers so far?
12/20/09 Landler, NYT, Civilians Train in 'Afghan City' in the Midwest
12/20/09 Peter, CSM, Afghanistan's Karzai shrugs off criticism of his cabinet picks
December 19, 2009
12/19/09 Witt & Warrick, WP, Insurgents forced out of Pakistan's tribal havens form smaller cells in heart of nation
12/19/09 BBC, Afghanistan leader Karzai presents cabinet nominees
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Swanson, IntelDaily, Look Who Just Funded the Escalation
12/18/09 Brummett, AP, Tensions mount among Pakistan leaders as anticorruption drive revives
12/18/09 Arnoldy, CSM, How NATO hopes to undercut the Afghan Taliban
December 17, 2009
12/17/09 Scahill, ReberlReports, Stunning Statistics About the War Every American Should Know
12/17/09 Miller, ProPublica, For AIG's Man in Jordan, War Becomes a Business Opportunity
12/17/09 Glanz & Oppel, NYT, UN Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai
12/17/09 Porter, Asia Times, US silent on Taliban's al-Qaeda offer
12/17/09 CNN, Congress to probe private military contractors in Afghanistan
December 16, 2009
12/16/09 Mercille, Asia times, Trail of Afghanistan's drug money exposed
12/16/09 BBC, Pakistan court voids amnesty shielding Zardari allies
December 15, 2009
12/15/09 Georgy, Reuters, Pakistan military not seeking takeover: U.S. general
December 14, 2009
12/14/09 Perlez, NYT, Pakistan Rebuffs US on Taliban Crackdown
12/14/09 Barnes, LAT, Obama May Launch Drone Attacks on Major Pakistani City
12/14/09 LAT, Drone attacks may be expanded in Pakistan
December 13, 2009
12/13/09 Gannon, AP, Peshawar on front line of Pakistan's militant war
12/13/09 Pleming, Reuters, Pakistan aid package set to focus on water, power
December 12, 2009
12/12/09 Al Jazeera, US 'militarising' Afghanistan aid
12/12/09 BBC, Pakistan anti-Taliban offensive in S Waziristan 'over'
12/12/09 BBC, Fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan
12/12/09 Mottern, TruthOut, Less Than Citizens (Part One): People of Fort Drum
December 11, 2009
12/11/09 Walsh & MacAskill, Guardian, Blackwater operating at CIA Pakistan base, ex-official says
12/11/09 Carpentier, AlterNet, Why Do Airstrikes in Afghanistan Keep Killing Exactly 30 People?
December 10, 2009
12/10/09 Shachtman, Wired, U.S. Military Joins CIA's Drone War in Pakistan
December 7, 2009
12/07/09 Perry, LAT, $10 million is smuggled out of Afghanistan daily, official says
12/07/09 Boone, Guardian, Plight of Afghan Women May Worsen as War Effort is Stepped Up, Warns Report
December 6, 2009
12/06/09 Al Jazeera, India-Pakistan in Afghan spat
12/06/09 CNN, Karzai: U.S. must have patience if Afghanistan not ready
12/06/09 Montero, CSM, Will US drones start attacking Mullah Omar in Pakistan?
12/06/09 Kornblut et al, WP, Obama pressed for faster surge
12/06/09 AP, Gates Expects 2-4 Years of Big Afghan Role for U.S.
12/06/09 BBC, No Bin Laden information in years, says Gates
December 5, 2009
12/05/09 Tavernise, NYT, The Demons That Haunt the Pakistanis
12/05/09 Eley, WSWS, US prepares Fallujah-style offensive in Afghanistan
12/05/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, US takes hunt for al-Qaeda to Pakistan
December 4, 2009
12/04/09 DeGraw, DeepJournal, Af-Pak War Racket: The Obama Illusion Comes Crashing Down
12/04/09 BBC, BBC obtains Pakistan's charges against Mumbai accused
12/04/09 Benson, CNN, White House OKs expanding CIA drone program in Pakistan
December 3, 2009
12/03/09 Shane, NYT, C.I.A. to Expand Use of Drones in Pakistan
12/03/09 WorldFocus, The view from Afghanistan: corruption, illiteracy and loss
December 2, 2009
12/02/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Obama's Afghanistan speech: How it sounded to Afghans
12/02/09 BBC, Taliban vow to fight US troop surge in Afghanistan
December 1, 2009
12/01/09 Andrews, ProPublica, Out-of-Control Security Guards Hamper Afghanistan Efforts
12/01/09 Dennis, Guardian, Guardian Daily: US lobbies for new high representative in Kabul
November 30, 2009
11/30/09 King & Perry, LAT, Added forces will be concentrated in southern Afghanistan
11/30/09 Schulman, MoJo, Karzai Said What?
November 28, 2009
11/28/09 Cohen, TruthOut, Get Ready for the Obama/GOP Alliance
11/28/09 Al Jazeera, Pakistan corruption amnesty expires
November 27, 2009
11/27/09 Kwahzoon, IPS, U.S. Military Unveils Huge New Prison in Afghanistan
November 26, 2009
11/26/09 Farmer, Telegraph, German army chief quits over Afghan deaths 'cover-up'
November 24, 2009
11/24/09 CNN, Pentagon preparing to send 34,000 troops to Afghanistan, official says
November 23, 2009
11/23/09 Scahill, Nation, Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan
November 22, 2009
11/22/09 Boone, Guardian, US pours millions into anti-Taliban militias in Afghanistan
11/22/09 Shah, CSM, Pakistan to US: Don't surge in Afghanistan, talk to Taliban
November 21, 2009
11/21/09 Filkins, NYT, As Afghans Resist Taliban, U.S. Spurs Rise of Militias
11/21/09 Ramachadran, Asia Times, The elephant in India and Iran's room
November 20, 2009
11/20/09 Shahzad, Asia TImes, Nuclear fallout rocks Pakistan
November 19, 2009
11/19/09 Prakash, WSWS, Rising Indian influence in Afghanistan worries US and Pakistan
11/19/09 CBC, All Afghan Detainees Likely Tortured: Diplomat
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 Partlow, WP, Afghan minister accused of taking bribe
11/18/09 BBC, Afghans 'blame poverty for war'
11/18/09 Van Auken, WSWS, US-occupied Iraq, Afghanistan among world's most corrupt countries
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Chattjee, MoJo, How to Pay Off Afghan Warlords
November 16, 2009
11/16/09 Al Jazeera, US Unveils Extended Bagram Prison
11/16/09 Times of India, CIA paid millions of dollars to ISI since 9/11: Report
November 15, 2009
11/15/09 Bernton, CSM, Taliban make gains in Afghanistan's forgotten north
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 MSNBC, Paying Off the Taliban - Scahill video
11/13/09 Benton, McClatchy, Taliban gain foothold in once-stable Afghan north
11/13/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Big test for Afghanistan education
11/13/09 Saber, Asia Times, US air supply drop turns deadly
11/13/09 Roston, AlterNet, How the U.S. Funds the Taliban
November 12, 2009
11/12/09 Richter, LAT, U.S. ambassador warns against Afghanistan troop buildup
11/12/09 Ebrahim, IPS, PAKISTAN: Military Vs Militancy Does Not Equal Peace
11/12/09 Sahak, Asia Times, Afghans reap bumper harvest
11/12/09 Arnoldy, CSM, US ambassador to Afghanistan's criticism adds urgency to curbing Karzai
11/12/09 BBC, US presses Karzai on corruption
November 11, 2009
11/11/09 Maddow, VIDEO: Maddow and Seymour Hersh on Pakistan's Nukes and Afghanistan
11/11/09 Price, CSM, Want to buy US military wares in Afghanistan? Go to Obama Market.
11/11/09 Fazl-e-Haider, Asia Times, Afghan cash starts going to China
November 10, 2009
11/10/09 Toronto Star, Video Shows Taliban With US Weapons
November 7, 2009
11/07/09 Lekic, AP, US: More foreign troops certain in new Afghan plan
11/07/09 Reuters, 7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search
11/07/09 Smith et al, Guardian, 'I will kill 10 of these people for each IED we find' - video
November 6, 2009
11/06/09 Campos, FPIF, Underlying Causes of Insecurity in Afghanistan
November 5, 2009
11/05/09 Reuters, Afghans Protest Against US After Missile Strike
November 3, 2009
11/03/09 Mian, FPIF, United States, Pakistan: The Decade Ahead
November 2, 2009
11/02/09 Page & Starkey, TimesOnline, UN chief flies in to broker power-sharing deal in Afghanistan
11/02/09 Kamen, WP, All those Afghans, give or take a few million
11/02/09 BBC, UN drops Congo army over killings
11/02/09/ BBC, Karzai declared elected president
11/02/09 Nazemroaya, CRG, Destabilizing Baluchistan, Fracturing Pakistan
November 1, 2009
11/01/09 Boone, Guardian, Afghanistan election challenger Abdullah Abdullah pulls out of runoff
11/01/09 BBC, Karzai challenger quits Afghan runoff
October 31, 2009
10/31/09 AP, Abdullah Will Quit Afghan Election, Sources Say
10/31/09 Guerin, BBC, Pakistan's hidden war
October 29, 2009
10/29/09 Morning Star, Civilian massacre 'appropriate'
10/29/09 Porter, IPS, AFGHANISTAN: U.S., NATO Forces Rely on Warlords for Security
10/29/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, Taliban take over Afghan province
October 28, 2009
10/28/09 Cogan, WSWS, Pakistani army offensive devastates tribal communities
10/28/09 Al Jazeera, Karzai brother 'on CIA payroll'
10/28/09 WW4 Report, US denies Blackwater arms stockpiling in Pakistan
10/28/09 Hornick, CNN, U.S. set to pay Taliban members to switch sides
10/28/09 Press TV, US to pay Taliban to change sides
10/28/09 Smith et al, Guardian, 'These people just want to be left alone'
10/28/09 BBC, US warned on deadly drone attacks
October 26, 2009
10/26/09 IntelDaily, Ex-CIA agent confirms US ties with Jundullah
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Taylor, McClatchy, Costs for U.S. project in Afghanistan balloon, benefit hyped
October 24, 2009
10/24/09 Henry, TimesOnline, Thousands protest over war in Afghanistan
10/24/09 Filkins, NYT, The Great American Arm-Twist in Afghanistan
October 23, 2009
10/23/09 Jones, WSWS, Washington pushes Pakistan to the brink
10/23/09 Nation, Afghanistan in Crisis
10/23/09 Lubold, CSM, NATO backs McChrystal's Afghanistan strategy
October 22, 2009
10/22/09 Kaiser, U.N. Report Documents How Opium Contributes To Spread of Disease, Deaths
October 20, 2009
10/20/09 Khan, BBC, What are the Waziristan war aims?
10/20/09 Haider, Reuters, Battle intensifies as Taliban retake Pakistani town
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Deep Journal, U.S. Attacks Iran Via CIA-Funded Jundullah Terror Group
10/19/09 Whitlock, WP, Flow of terrorist recruits increasing
10/19/09 Press TV, Report: US upgrading military bases in Afghanistan
10/19/09 Ross, Wired, Obama Steps Up Killer Drone Raids Despite Deaths of Civilians
10/19/09 Walsh & Khan, Guardian, Refugee flood reveals human cost of South Waziristan's invisible war
10/19/09 Tukhbatullin, CSM, Turkmenistan: Still Waiting for the Second Step
10/19/09 Ahmed, CSM, US, Pakistan agree to disagree on Waziristan offensive
10/19/09 Englehardt, Nation, Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World
October 18, 2009
10/18/09 Dreyfuss, Nation, Who Is the "Taliban"?
10/18/09 Pincus, WP, Military Seeks $1.3 Billion For Projects in Afghanistan
10/18/09 Slackman, NYT, Iran Guard Commanders Are Killed in Bombings
October 17, 2009
10/17/09 Bumiller, NYT, Remembering Afghanistan's Golden Age
10/17/09 Sayah, CNN, Pakistani forces drive into Taliban stronghold
October 16, 2009
10/16/09 BBC, Pakistan civilian-military ties hit new low
October 15, 2009
10/15/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, Al-Qaeda's guerrilla chief lays out strategy
10/15/09 Nelson, Telegraph, Pakistan's ISI still supporting the Taliban, say Afghans
10/15/09 Pak Tribune, US embassy found involved in importing weapons to Pakistan
10/15/09 Corcoran * Leaver, FPIF, Strategic Dialogue: Afghanistan
10/15/09 Ahmed, CSM, Fresh Pakistan attacks underscore reach of Taliban
10/15/09 BBC, 'US drone' kills four in Pakistan
October 14, 2009
10/14/09 Al Jazeera, US seeks to calm Pakistan aid fears
10/14/09 Landay & Bernton, McClatchy, Taliban strength in Afghanistan nears military proportion
10/14/09 Douglas & Shah, McClatchy, To smooth Pakistan's feathers, Kerry issues clarification on aid bill
October 11, 2009
10/11/09 Lardner, AP, Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight
10/11/09 BBC, Clinton warns on Pakistan threat
October 9, 2009
10/09/09 Spiegel & Dreazen, WSJ, Top Troop Request Exceeds 60,000
10/09/09 Miller, ProPublica, Civilian Contractor Toll in Iraq and Afghanistan Ignored by Defense Dept.
10/09/09 Demytrie, BBC, Afghans seek refuge in Tajikistan
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 Chandraskeran, WP, Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Mission
10/08/09 LaFranchi, CSM, US to give Pakistan $1.5 billion a year - with strings attached
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 Rebel reports, Return of the Warlords
10/07/09 Salahuddin, Reuters, Afghan Taliban say they pose no threat to the West
10/07/09 Starr & Levine, CNN, Afghan insurgents pushed into U.S. base, official says
October 6, 2009
10/06/09 Weismann, TruthOut, 500,000 Troops for Pashtunistan?
10/06/09 Baker, NYT, Surgical Strikes Shape Afghanistan Debate
October 5, 2009
10/05/09 Lobe, IPS, US-PAKISTAN: Congress Approves Big Increase in Aid
10/05/09 Perlez, NYT, U.S. Push to Expand in Pakistan Meets Resistance
10/05/09 Spetalnick, Reuters, U.S. Afghan pullout not an option, White House says
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Boone & Pilkington, Guardian, Fired UN envoy claims third of Hamid Karzai votes fraudulent
10/04/09 Gannon, AP, Billions in US aid never reached Pakistan army
10/04/09 Arnoldy, SM, Pakistan's Pashtuns, looking for statehood, may look to Taliban
October 2, 2009
10/02/09 Shanker, NYT, U.S. Review of Battle Disaster Sways Strategy on Afghanistan
October 1, 2009
10/01/09 Maganinni, SF Chron, Refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan seek new lives in California
10/01/09 Blum, IntelDaily, Ridding the world of the sickness of pacifism
10/01/09 DC Crowe, OpenLeft, Is this what "shielding Afghans from violence" looks like?
September 30, 2009
9/30/09 Evans, Times Online, Young girl is killed by RAF leaflet drop in Afghanistan
9/30/09 Beaumont & Boone, Guardian, US diplomat 'forced out' over stance on Afghan election fraud
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Deen, IPS, POLITICS: U.N. Chief Weighs in on Iran, Libya and Afghanistan
September 24, 2009
9/24/09 Topping, Guardian, Calais immigrants move out of the 'jungle' into the wasteland
9/24/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, The US on a new mission in Pakistan
September 23, 2009
9/23/09 Schmitt & Mazetti, NYT, Taliban Widen Afghan Attacks From Base in Pakistan
9/23/09 Armstrong, CNN, Taliban suspected of stockpiling 'missing' Afghan opium
September 22, 2009
9/22/09 BBC, Calais migrants set to lose camp
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Stein, Huffington Post, Authors of Iraq War Push Obama on Afghanistan
9/21/09 Jones, MoJo, Meet the Afghan Army
September 20, 2009
9/20/09 Ganley, AP, Countdown to destruction at French migrant camp
September 19, 2009
9/19/09 Miller, LAT, CIA expanding presence in Afghanistan
9/19/09 BBC, US embassy security firm raided
9/19/09 BBC, UK 'should help' Calais migrants
9/19/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, Taliban put their heads together
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 Abdul-Ahdad, Guardian, New evidence of widespread fraud in Afghanistan election uncovered
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Youseff, McClatchy, White House issues yardsticks for success in Afghanistan
9/16/09 Starkey, TimesOnline, One in three votes for President Karzai 'was faked', EU observers find
9/16/09 Glantz, New America Media, Jimmy Carter: 'Hamid Karzai Has Stolen the Election'
9/16/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Jamie Rubin, Cruise Missile Liberal, Calls for Hypnotizing Americans About Afghan War
September 14, 2009
9/14/09 Perlez 7 Shah, NYT, Pakistan's Army Said to Be Linked to Many Killings
9/14/09 BBC, Pakistan food stampede kills many
9/14/09 Chandrasekkaran, WP, In Kandahar, a Taliban on the Rise
9/14/09 BBC, Witness to violence in Swat valley
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 PublicRecord, CNN's Michael Ware On Afghanistan: This is A 'Mission in Crisis'
9/13/09 Shah, McClatchy, Terror group builds big base under Pakistani officials' noses
9/13/09 Brumitt, AP, Pakistan outsources part of terror war to militia
9/13/09 BBC, US plans Afghan prisoner overhaul
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Leys, TruthOut, Health Care vs. Warfare: The Future Costs of the Afghanistan War
September 11, 2009
9/11/09 Alexander, Reuters, US Says 16 Guards Removed in Afghan Embassy Scandal
9/11/09 Mojumdar, CSM, Eight years after 9/11, Taliban roils 80 percent of Afghanistan
9/11/09 Marcus, BBC, US 'risks Afghan Soviet failure'
September 10, 2009
9/10/09 Hallinan, FPIF, Afghanistan: What Are These People Thinking?
September 8, 2009
9/08/09 Englehardt, MoJo, Afghanistan by the Numbers
September 6, 2009
9/06/09 CNN, U.S. general sure Afghan civilians wounded in airstrike
September 5, 2009
9/05/09 BBC, New Afghan 'poll frauds' emerge
September 4, 2009
9/04/09 Rozoff, IntelDaily, U.S. Marines In The Caucasus As West Widens Afghan War
September 3, 2009
9/03/09 Quraishi, IntelDaily, US Hummers Enter Pakistan, Undercover American Soldiers In Islamabad
September 2, 2009

9/02/09 Barnes, LAT, U.S. to boost combat force in Afghanistan
9/02/09 Smith, ITT, COIN Toss
9/02/09 CNN, 'Deviant hazing' alleged at U.S. Embassy in Kabul
September 1, 2009
9/01/09 Allen, Politico, White House Fears Liberal War Pressure
9/01/09 Glanz, NYT, Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
August 31, 2009
8/31/09 Baker & Filkins, NYT, Groundwork Is Laid for New Troops in Afghanistan
August 30, 2009
8/30/09 Reuters, White House claims Pakistan modified U.S.-made missiles: report
8/30/09 DeYoung, NYT, U.S. Sets Metrics to Assess War Success
August 29, 2009
8/29/09 Sterling, CNN, Analysis: Why are the U.S., allies still in Afghanistan?
August 28, 2009
8/28/09 Nassaw, Guardian, Mullen blasts US 'strategic communication' efforts in Afghanistan
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Scahill, RebelReports, U.S. Increasing Use of Private Contractors in War Zone
August 23, 2009
8/23/09 Knowlton, NYT, Mullen Pessimistic on Afghanistan
8/23/09 Cooper. NYT, U.S. Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient
August 22, 2009
8/22/09 Boone, Guardian, Taliban 'cut off fingers of two Afghan voters'
August 20, 2009
8/20/09 Friedman, AsiaTimes, Washington ponders its endgame
August 19, 2009
8/19/09 Porter, IPS, Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme
August 18, 2009
8/18/09 Eoss, IntelDaily, Winners and Losers in the American Warfare State
August 15, 2009
9/15/09 Kutzelben, IPS, US Withholds Information About Bagram Detainees
8/15/09 Landay, McClatchy, How did a suicide bomber get to Kabul's NATO headquarters?
8/15/09 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, Afghan race becomes Karzai's cliffhanger
August 14, 2009
8/14/09 Boone, Guardian, Afghanistan passes 'barbaric' law diminishing women's rights
8/14/09 BBC, Pakistan to reform tribal areas
August 13, 2009
8/13/09 Khan, BBC, Election buzz in remotest Afghanistan
August 12, 2009
8/12/09 Cogland, Independent, President Karzai's Supporters 'Buy' Votes for Afghanistan Election
8/12/09 Press TV, US launches offensives ahead of Afghan polls
8/12/09 Hammond, IntelDaily, Ex-ISI Chief Says Purpose of New Afghan Intelligence Agency RAMA Is 'to destabilize Pakistan'
8/12/09 Kiam, IPS, TRADE: Carpets - Made in Afghanistan for Pakistan's Profit
August 11, 2009
8/11/09 BBC, Afghan farmers recall poppy riches
August 9, 2009
8/09/09 Pay, Al Jazeera, US 'biggest' threat say Pakistanis
8/09/09 Burke, Guardian, Taliban commander denies the death of Baitullah Mehsud
August 8, 2009
8/08/09 Stratton, Guardian, Afghanistan could take 40 years, says new army chief
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Starkey, Independent, Secret Deal to Keep Karzai in Power
8/07/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Killing of Pakistan Taliban chief could touch off power struggle
August 6, 2009
8/06/09 Porter, Asia Times, US shrugs off Pakistan-Taliban links
8/06/09 Mazzetti & Schmitt, NYT, C.I.A. Missile Strike May Have Killed Pakistan's Taliban Leader, Officials Say
8/06/09 Cappacio, Bloomberg, U.S. Intelligence Head Says Afghan Army Must Grow to 325,000
8/06/09 CNN, Eunuchs begin fight for Pakistan rights
July 27, 2009
7/27/09 Mian, FPIF, Pushing South Asia Toward the Brink
7/27/09 Al Jazeera, Taliban issues new code of conduct
7/27/09 Starr, CNN, U.S.: No more enemy body counts in Afghanistan
July 25, 2009
7/25/09 di Giovani, Guardian, Afghanistan Women Outraged at Proposed Family Planning Law
July 24, 2009
7/24/09 Scahill, Nation, Feingold: White House is Whistling Past Afghan Graveyard
July 23, 2009
7/23/09 Hodge, Wired, Danger Room in Afghanistan: Rebuilding Bamiyan
7/23/09 Lal, Asia Times, Jihadi confession rocks India, Pakistan
July 22, 2009
7/22/09 Benjamin, Salon.com, Did US Forces Watch Afghan Massacre?
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 AP, Clinton says 9/11 ringleaders are in Pakistan
July 15, 2009
7/15/09 Madsen, Russia Today, Wayne Madsen: 'CIA suspect in Bhutto's assassination'
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Wall Street Journal Loves Obama's Drone War Vs. Pakistan: "Unmanned Bombs Away"
7/13/09 de Tarczynski, IPS, 'The Killing of Women Is Like Killing a Bird Today in Afghanistan'
July 10, 2009
7/10/09 Starkey, Independent. Law Will Let Afghan Husbands Starve Wives Who Withhold Sex
July 9, 2009
7/09/09 BBC, Pakistan displaced 'can go home'
July 8, 2009
7/08/09 Stack, CSM, Fresh drone attacks in Pakistan reignite debate
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 Stiglitz & Bilmes, Capital Times, Adding Up the True Costs of Two Wars
7/07/09 Youseff, McClatchy, Where's Pentagon 'terrorism suspect'? Talking to Karzai
July 6, 2009
7/06/09 AP, Taliban confirms capture of US soldier
July 3, 2009
7/03/09 McAfee, IntelDaily, Questioning The Ethical Legitimacy of Drone Attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan
7/03/09 Fazal-e-Haider, Asia times, Miners bank $3bn on Baloch project
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Porter, IPS, POLITICS: U.S. Uses False Taliban Aid Charge to Pressure Iran
July 1, 2009
7/01/09 Thomma et al, McClatchy, Jones: No more U.S. troops to Afghanistan this year
7/01/09 BBC, UK Afghan civilian death payments
7/01/09 BBC, US opens 'major Afghan offensive'
June 29, 2009
6/29/09 Oppel, NYT, Afghan Security Guards Are Blamed in a Gun Battle That Killed a Police Chief
6/29/09 BBC, Afghan guards held after shootout
June 27, 2009
6/27/09 NYT, U.S. Announces New Afghan Drug Policy
June 24, 2009
6/24/09 Jones & Shah, Guardian, US missile strike kills 60 at funeral in Pakistan
6/24/09 Pannell, BBC, Ex-detainees allege Bagram abuse
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Shachtman, Wired, Afghan Airstrike Video Goes Down the Memory Hole
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Obama's Undeclared War Against Pakistan Continues, Despite His Attempt to Downplay It
June 21, 2009
6/12/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Why Afghanistan might gain a CEO
June 19, 2009
6/19/09 Youssef, McClatchy, U.S. admits Afghan airstrike may have killed 86 civilians
6/19/09 CNN, Probe into Afghan civilian deaths: Airstrikes 'appropriate'
June 15, 2009
6/15/09 McClatchy, Pentagon wavers on release of report on Afghan attack
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Swain, Times Online, Afghan Villagers Slain as They Took Cover
June 13, 2009
6/13/09 Graff, Reuters, U.N. seeks review of special forces in Afghanistan
June 12, 2009
6/12/09 Van Auken, IntelDaily, New US commander in Afghanistan assembles team of assassins
6/12/09 Porter, IPS, US-PAKISTAN: CIA Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses
June 11, 2009
6/11/09 Ourdon, le Monde, Mercenaries Set Off for Afghanistan
June 9, 2009
6/09/09 Heller, EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Air Raid Victim Tells Obama to Leave Afghanistan
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Youseff, McClatchy, Yet another review ordered of Afghan policy -- fifth this year
6/08/09 AP, 7,000 U.S. Marines patrolling southern Afghan desert
June 6, 2009
6/06/09 Winship, TruthOut, The Privatization of "Obama's War"
June 5, 2009
6/05/09 Scahill, IntelDaily, UN Human Rights Council Blasts US for Killing Civilians, Drone Attacks and Using Mercenaries
June 4, 2009
6/04/09 Heller, OpenLeft, Female Afghan MP Warns Congress of Dire Situation After US Airstrikes
6/04/09 CNN, U.N. envoy calls for probe into U.S. drone attacks
June 3, 2009
6/03/09 Reuters, U.S. finds mistakes in deadly Afghan air strikes
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 MoJo, Pakistan's Pashtun Reservation
6/01/09 Taylor, AP, Tentative Deal Struck for Funding War
6/01/09 Gilson, MoJo, Afghanistan's Tipping Point
May 31, 2009
5/31/09 Gopal, CSM, The most deadly US foe in Afghanistan
May 27, 2009
5/27/09 Shah et al, Miami Herald, U.S. undertakes Iraq-scale embassy project in Pakistan
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Al Jazeera, Pakistanis protest Swat offensive
5/24/09 Grant, CNN, Ex-Taliban claims abuse at Gitmo, Bagram: 'They were beating me'
May 22, 2009
5/22/09 WorldFocus, West should buy, not eradicate, Afghanistan's poppy crops
5/22/09 CNN, U.N.: $450M needed to help uprooted Pakistanis
May 21, 2009
5/21/09 Al Jazeera, US burns Bibles in Afghanistan row
5/21/09 Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, A neo-con Yankee in Karzai's court
May 20, 2009
5/20/09 Landay, McClatchy, Photos are fresh evidence of growing Pakistani nuclear program
May 19, 2009
5/19/09 Chivers, NYT, Arms Sent by U.S. May Be Falling Into Taliban Hands
5/19/09 Scahill, RebelReports, Blackwater Operating in Afghanistan on Subcontract with Raytheon
5/19/09 Cooper, NYT, Ex-US Envoy May Take Key Role in Afghan Government
5/19/09 Vogt, AP, US mil: Afghan contractors violated gun policy
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Doyle, Telegraph, Gen McChrystal, America's New Army Chief in Afghanistan, Under Fire Over Rough Tactics and 'Prisoner Abuse'
5/18/09 Mujahid, TruthOut, Why Do Afghans Have a Life Expectancy of Only 44 Years?
May 16, 2009
5/16/09 Jamail, TruthOut, Engineering "Trust of the Indigenous Population": How Some Anthropologists Have Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Army
5/16/09 Shalizi & Graff, Reuters, U.S. strikes killed 140 villagers: Afghan probe
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Hook, LAT, Obama's extra war funding wins House approval
5/15/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Could Taliban get keys to Pakistan's A-bomb?
May 14, 2009
5/14/09 Sharma, Huffington Post, Afghan Women's Situation a Test Case for Obama Administration's Foreign Assistance Policy
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Watson, CNN, Taliban: All local leaders must quit
5/13/09 BBC, Pakistan's 'displaced deluge'
5/13/09 BBC, Pakistan conflict map
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Escobar, MoJo, Pipelineistan Goes Af-Pak
5/12/09 AP, Afghan schoolgirls collapse in suspected poison gas attack
5/12/09 Urban. BBC, When generals become unstuck
5/12/09 BBC, Eyewitness: Trapped in Mingora
May 10, 2009
5/10/09 Lassiter, McClatchy, West looked the other way as Afghan drug trade exploded
5/10/09 Boone, Guardian, Doctors Raise Phosphorus Concerns After US Strikes in Afghanistan
May 9, 2009
5/09/09, Escobar, Asia Times, Balochistan is the ultimate prize ... Part 1: Obama does his Bush impression
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Scahill, RebelReports, After US Strikes, Afghans Describe 'Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;' Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troop
5/07/09 BBC, Afghan anger at deadly US strikes
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 King, LAT, Red Cross backs reports of Afghan civilian deaths
5/06/09 MacAskill & Tran, Guardian, US air strikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians
May 5, 2009
5/05/09 Scahill, Rebel Reports, Al Jazeera Strikes Back at Pentagon, Releases Unedited Footage of US Soldiers' 'Bible Study' in Afghanistan
5/05/09 Shah, McClatchy, Pakistan advises Swat inhabitants to evacuate as Taliban takes Mingora
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Gradd, Reuters, U.S. denies letting troops convert Afghans
5/04/09 Auken, IntelDaily, Obama administration seeks extraordinary military powers in Pakistan
5/04/09 BBC, Afghanistan attacks leave 25 dead
May 3, 2009
5/03/09 Tisdall, Guardian, Pakistan nuclear projects raise US fears
5/03/09 Buner, Guardian, Refugees on a wild frontier between army and Taliban
5/03/09 Asia News Intl, Advisor: 'US Needs to Call off Drone Strikes in Pak'
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 Baldor, AP, Terrorists moving from Afghan border to Africa
4/28/09 AP, Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai vows to change law on sex
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Starr, CNN, Top U.S. military official 'alarmed' over Pakistan
April 24, 2009
4/24/09 Stanton, IntelDaily, Counterinsurgency for the Masses: Educating Americans for Campaigns of National Interest
April 23, 2009
4/23/09 Shanker, NYT, GI's to Fill Civilian Gap to Rebuild Afghanistan
April 22, 2009
4/22/09 Vogt, AP, Millions for textbooks bogged down in Afghanistan
4/22/09 Walberg, IntelDaily, NATO, SCO or PATO?
April 19, 2009
4/19/09 BBC, 'US strike' on Pakistan militants
April 16, 2009
4/16/09 Landay, McClatchy, U.S. experts: Pakistan on course to become Islamist state
4/16/09 Gopal. CSM, Briefing: Who are the Taliban?
April 15, 2009
4/15/09 Porter, IPS, Errant Drone Attacks Spur Militants in Pakistan
April 13, 2009
4/13/09 Gopal, CSM, Lessons from Iraq? US creates local militias to fight Taliban
4/13/09 Leeder, Globe & Mail, Targeted Killing of Women's Rights Activist Shocks Afghans
April 12, 2009
4/12/09 McGeough, SMH, Warning That Pakistan is in Danger of Collapse Within Months
4/12/09 Doward & Syal, Guardian, Sadiq Khan says US foreign policy on Pakistan is damaging Britain
4/12/09 CNN, Pakistan militants attack NATO supply trailers
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Reuters, U.S. military concedes Afghan civilian casualties
4/10/09 Barnes, LAT, Obama requests $83.4 billion more for war spending
4/10/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, The Political Economy of Taliban Terror in Swat Valley
April 8, 2009
4/08/09 Montero, CSM, Pakistan drone attacks to intensify, Obama officials say
April 5, 2009
4/05/09 Kattakin & Lamb, Sunday Times, Thousands Flee Bomb Attacks by US Drones
4/05/09 CNN, Karzai: Afghanistan to review criticized sharia law
April 3, 2009
4/03/09 Pannell, BBC, Aid agencies issue Afghan warning
4/03/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, US strikes at Taliban's nerve center
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 Clark, Globe & Mail, Law in Afghanistan Legalizing Rape in Marriage Prompts Outcry
4/02/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, The rise and rise of the neo-Taliban
April 1, 2009
4/01/09 Haider, Reuters, US Expands Pakistani Drone-Strike Zone
March 31, 2009
3/31/09 Starkey, AlterNet, Afghan President Signs Law "Legalizing Rape"
March 30, 2009
3/30/09 Engelhardt, Nation, The Great Afghan Bailout
March 28, 2009
3/28/09 BBC, US warns Pakistan on Taleban link
3/28/09 Hightower, AlterNet, Obama to Bring More Mercenaries to Afghanistan -- Sound Familiar?
3/28/09 Al Jazeera, Zadari hands Punjab back to Sharif
March 27, 2009
3/27/09 Lynch, WP, Ex-U.N. Official Spent Development Funds on Luxury Items, Probe Says
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Baker & Shanker, NYT, Obama to Set Benchmarks in Fight Against Militants
3/26/09 Youseff & Talev, McClatchy, Obama shifts strategy in Afghanistan: more troops, modest goals
3/26/09 Escobar, Asia Times, Liquid war: Welcome to Pipelineistan
March 25, 2009
3/25/09 Perlez, NYT, U.S. Weighs Sharif as Partner in Pakistan
March 23, 2009
3/23/09 Borger & Macaskill, Guardian, US Will Appoint Afghan 'Prime Minister' to Bypass Hamid Karzai
March 22, 2009
3/22/09 BBC, US 'needs new Pakistan strategy'
3/22/09 Constable, WP, Pakistani Villagers Pay a Price for Defying Rebels
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 BBC, Sudan 'extermination' as aid cut
March 18, 2009
3/18/09 Peter, CSM, US considers broadening drone airstrikes in Pakistan
3/18/09 BBC, Pakistan rejects US strike report
March 15, 2009
3/15/09 Burke, Guardian, Our skewed world view won't let us see the real Pakistan
March 12, 2009
3/12/09 Doak, FPIF, Afghanistan Policy Outlook: 2009
March 10, 2009
3/10/09 BBC, Russia now 'top heroin consumer'
March 9, 2009
3/09/09 Meyer, LAT, Pakistan sets roadblocks in U.S. hunt for extremists, officials say
March 7, 2009
3/08/09 BBC, Karzai agrees to delay elections
March 4, 2009
3/04/09 Nasir, CSM, Pakistani vigilantes take on Taliban
March 3, 2009
3/03/09 BBC, US Afghan supplies cross Russia
March 2, 2009
3/02/09 Gopal, CSM, Karzai draws criticism for early election call
3/02/09 Faiez, AP, Afghan Civilians Could Bear Brunt of Increased War
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 Al Jazeera, Swat cleric sets sharia deadline
3/01/09 Eddelmont, BBC, Azerbaijan's pipe dream for Europe
3/01/09 BBC, US resists Karzai poll date call
3/01/09 BBC, Missiles 'kill seven' in Pakistan
February 23, 2009
2/23/09 WorldFocus, U.S. secretly trains Pakistani soldiers to fight insurgents
2/23/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, Surging Towards Disaster in the "Afpak Theatre"
February 22, 2009
2/22/09 Townsend, BBC, UK agents 'colluded with torture in Pakistan'
February 21, 2009
2/21/09 BBC, 'No US rights' for Bagram inmates
2/21/09 Mazzetti & Sanger, NYT, Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan
February 20, 2009
2/20/09 Al Jazeera, US expands prison in Afghanistan
2/20/09 Wyatt, BBC, Increasing Afghan challenges for Nato
2/20/09 BBC, US finds new Afghan supply route
2/20/09 BBC, Pakistan's evolving sectarian schism
February 18, 2009
2/18/09 Greco, FPIF, The U.S. and Afghan Tragedy
February 17, 2009
2/17/09 Weir, CSM, Moscow again eyes Afghanistan 20 years after retreat
2/17/09 Arnoldy, CSM, Pakistan accepts Islamic law in Swat Valley
2/17/09 BBC, Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths
February 16, 2009
2/16/09 Basravi, CNN, Finger pointed at U.S. over deadly missile strike
February 14, 2009
2/14/09 Landay, McClatchy, Is the U.S. repeating Soviet mistakes in Afghanistan?
2/14/09 BBC, 'US strike' kills 27 in Pakistan
February 12, 2009
2/12/09 BBC, Audio slideshow: From the Afghan archives
2/12/09 BBC, Pakistan admits India attack link
2/12/09 BBC, US 'lost track of Afghan weapons'
February 9, 2009
2/09/09 Ebrahim,IPS, PAKISTAN: Bracing For More Drone Attacks
February 8, 2009
2/08/09 Starr, CNN, Sources: Iraq, Afghanistan withdrawals delayed
2/08/09 BBC, Afghanistan 'tougher than Iraq'
February 7, 2009
2/07/09 Filkins, NYT, Afghan Leader Finds Himself Hero No More
2/07/09 Eckel, AP, Russia allows transit of US military supplies
February 6, 2009
2/06/09 Tasal & Dayee, Institute for War & Peace Reporting, Commentary: Afghans angered by broken promises
2/06/09 BBC, Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final'
February 5, 2009
2/05/09 Englehardt, MoJo, Whistling Past the Afghan Graveyard
2/05/09 Barry & Schwartz, NYT, Dispute Mounts Over Key US Base in Kyrgyzstan
2/05/09 Nasir, CSM, In Pakistan, Swat Valley police give up in face of Taliban attacks
February 4, 2009
2/04/09 Reuters, Afghan President Hits Out At NATO And U.S. Allies
February 3, 2009
2/03/09 Stack, CSM, Pakistani militants cut off key NATO supply line to Afghanistan
2/03/09 BBC, Kyrgyzstan 'to shut key US base'
2/03/09 Shahzad, Asia Times, Taliban ideology echoes in the valley (PT4), PT1, PT2, PT3
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Al Jazeera, UN official abducted in Pakistan
2/02/09 Burghart, IntelDaily, Afghanistan and Pakistan's "Salvador Option"
2/02/09 Miller, ProPublica, Commission on Wartime Contractors Discovers...Afghanistan
January 30, 2009
1/30/09 Burch, Reuters, New U.S. strategy needed in Afghanistan: Oxfam
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Straziuso, AP, US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid
1/28/09 Hopper, CNN, Pakistan: U.S. must halt drone attacks
1/28/09 Montero, CSM, Growing Taliban clout threatens Pakistani government
January 27, 2009
1/27/09 CNN, Gates says missile attacks in Pakistan will continue
1/27/09 Reuters, First batch of extra U.S. troops in east Afghanistan
1/27/09 Martin, WSWS, Obama's new foreign policy team prepares escalated bloodletting in Afghanistan and Pakistan
1/27/09 Cogan, IntelDaily, US moves to consolidate new supply routes to Afghanistan
January 25, 2009
1/25/09 Macaskill & Shah, Guardian, Obama administration warns public to expect rise in US casualties
1/25/09 Faiez & King, LAT, Deadly U.S.-led raid in Afghanistan prompts new dispute
January 24, 2009
1/24/09 King, LAT, Suspected U.S. missile attacks kill 18 in Pakistan
January 23, 2009
1/23/09 Reid, Times Online, President Obama 'orders Pakistan drone attacks'
1/23/09 CNN, Musharraf: Pakistan 'treated unequally' in war on terror
January 22, 2009
1/22/09 Shah, Guardian, US Accused of Killing 25 Afghan Civilians in Raid on Militants
January 21, 2009
1/21/09 Al Jazeera, US investigates Afghan deaths
1/21/09 Ahmed, CSM, Pakistan: Do school texts fuel bias?
1/21/09 Shahzad, Asia TImes, Pakistan's shift alarms the US
January 20, 2009
1/20/09 Straziuso & Shah, AP, Afghanistan Seeks Control Over NATO Deployments
1/20/09 BBC, US 'agrees Afghan supply route'
January 19, 2009
1/19/09 BBC, Fresh attacks on Pakistan schools
January 13, 2009
1/13/09 Mirani, Asia Times, Race to the death over Kashmir waters
January 12, 2009
1/12/09 Yusufazi, IPS, PAKISTAN: Nightmare for Civilians Uprooted by Conflict
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Bennard, BBC, Afghan foetus 'aborted by razor'
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Mukherjee, Reuters, India PM says Pakistan "agencies" linked to attack
January 5, 2009
1/06/09 BBC, Singh accuses Pakistan on Mumbai
January 2, 2009
1/02/09 Pakistan, NYT, Pakistan Reopens Supply Route
January 1, 2009
1/01/09 Filkin, NYT, For Afghans, a Price for Everything, and Anything for a Price