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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