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Pakistan's security officials and investigator gather near an army truck damaged by suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010

Bombing Minorities Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: Taliban insurgency

Gulf News
43 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing: police
| Quetta: A suicide bomber struck a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing up to 43 people in the second major attack this week, piling pressure on a government struggling with a flo... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)

Robert Gates and Karl Eikenberry, Bagram

Afghanistan Combat Photos Security Wikipedia: Afghan

Wtop
Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
By ANNE GEARAN | AP National Security Writer | COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency str... (photo: Public Domain / Geo Swan)

An armed Iraqi interpreter on patrol with U.S. troops on the streets of Baghdad, Iraq (April 2005). They have become frequent targets of insurgents during the war.

The Miami Herald
Iraq war `ends' in ambiguity
| Now that the Iraq war is over -- for U.S. combat troops, at least -- only one thing is clear about the outcome: We didn't win. | We didn't lose, either, in the sense of being defeated. But wars no l... (photo: Creative Commons)
Iraq Military Photos War Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq

Taliban diplomats flee Khabul

Zeenews
Taliban facing financial crisis: US General
Washington: Noting that the Taliban has been driven to desperation around Marjah in southern Afghanistan, a top US general stationed there has said that the terrorist outfit is facing an acute financi... (photo: WN (c))
Arab Photos Taliban Terrorism Wikipedia: Taliban

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Karzai appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the country and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.

Al Jazeera
Karzai slams Nato civilian killings
| Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned an air strike by Nato-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although US officials maintained it was ... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan Defence NATO Photos Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)

This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.

NZ Herald
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | WASHINGTON - United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taleban yesterday, placing the gro... (photo: AP / Al-Arabiya via AP Television Network)
Pakistan Photos Terrorism US Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan

Pakistanis displaced by flooding plead for handouts during an aid distribution by the Pakistani Air Force at a temporary camp set up for residents who had to flee their homes in Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.

The Star
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
| LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed ... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
Floods IMF Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods

President Barack Obama speaks at Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

The New York Times
Obama's Post-Iraq World
| LONDON — Europe adjusted long ago, but not without pain, to its diminished place in world affairs. After Suez for the British, after Algeria for the French, even ... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon)
Foreign Policy Iraq Photos US Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq

A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200

Gulf News
The risks of withdrawal loom
| Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Defence Iraq Photos US Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq

War / Terror

	US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register NZ Herald
	Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security The Star
	Obama's Post-Iraq World The New York Times
	The risks of withdrawal loom Gulf News

Media News

	Obama's Post-Iraq World The New York Times
	Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans The New York Times
	Gates Lands in Afghanistan The New York Times
	Pakistani Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore blasts The Times Of India

Assistance / Life / Custody

	The degree zero of culture Asia Times
	Pakistani Shiites hold funeral for victims of triple bombing that killed 35, wounded scores Star Tribune
	Afghan Refugees Forced To Start Over After Floods CBS News

Run on Kabul Bank puts Afghan finances in jeopardy

Afghan officials resist clean-up of Kabul Bank as scandal en

Afghanistan Headlines

Taliban facing acute cash crunch: US General

Afghanistan: Close Monitoring of Troubled Bank to Resume

54 killed in suicide bombing of Shia rally

Kabul, Afghanistan 2009.02.25
sunny.
	Min: -3°C/27°F Max: 9°C/48°F

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty May 18, 2010, at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen also answered questions about the arms agreement, which measures further reduction and limitations on strategic offensive arms. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released)

Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Karzai appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the country and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.

Karzai slams Nato civilian killings

This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.

US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register

Pakistani Taliban claims bomb that kills 53 Daily Star Lebanon
Run on Kabul Bank puts Afghan finances in jeopardy The Times Of India
Now You're Talkin'! (American Taliban) Newsvine
Afghan corruption undermines anti-Taliban campaign, official The State
Afghan corruption undermines anti-Taliban campaign, official The Miami Herald
Britain's top general in Afghanistan admits it will get The Daily Telegraph
Afghan officials resist clean-up of Kabul Bank as scandal en The Guardian
Afghan violence 'will get worse' London Evening Standard
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics Herald Tribune
Afghan candidate wounded by grenade in latest attack on Sept Star Tribune
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics The Press Democrat
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack The Press Democrat
A Look at Economic Developments Around the Globe ABC News
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack Herald Tribune
Afghan Candidate Wounded in Grenade Attack The New York Times
Afghan Candidate Wounded In Grenade Attack CBS News
Analysis: Special-ops On Show To Woo War Skeptics CBS News
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack The Boston Globe
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics The Guardian
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics Newsvine

Pakistani Army deploy with small boat searching for survivors near Sajawal, Sindh province, southern Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained.

Pakistan's military rises to the fore

Afghan National Police in Lashkar Gah

No way to tell which is worse Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan, Balochistan , says Amnesty official

Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Pentagon

Corruption probe close to palace threatens to damage US relations with Afghan President Karzai

Full panel to decide bin Laden driver's appeal The Miami Herald
Dark Destiny? American Spectator
Flood-ravaged Pakistan could use a helping hand Houston Chronicle
Blair's frank memoir covers the Iraq war, George W. Bush The State
Red Cross' fresh appeal for $76 mln for Pak flood relief Zeenews
Afghanistan: UN moves quickly to immunize 1.5 million childr United Nations
Afghanistan: NATO's Ten Year War In South Asia Scoop
Whose Side Are You On? It Might Be the Taliban's The New York Times
Pakistan's military rises to the fore Asia Times
Throw these infidels in jail Asia Times
How have we dodged the post-9/11 big one? CBC
Iraq and History's Eventual Verdict Real Clear Politics
Imam Rauf was right - America WAS an accessory to 9/11 (Just Newsvine
No way to tell which is worse Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan, Baloc The Examiner
Libya releases Islamists including bin Laden driver Khaleej Times
Analysis: Has Iraq war really ended for Obama, US? Newsvine
Analysis: Has Iraq war really ended for Obama, US? Breitbart
Libya releases Islamists including bin Laden driver Zeenews
Obama on End of Combat Operations in Iraq Scoop
Afghan Cholera Outbreak Under Control Scoop

President Barack Obama speaks at Solyndra, Inc., a solar panel manufacturing facility, in Fremont, Calif. Wednesday, May 26, 2010.

Obama's Post-Iraq World

Withe the help of a Marine, center, and a Navy medic, right, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Audrey Ramos, left, of San Antonio, Texas, a Flight Medic with Task Force Shadow, oversees the evacuation of an Afghan child with multiple gunshot wounds, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.

Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.

Gates Lands in Afghanistan

Obama's Post-Iraq World The New York Times
Accounts Differ on Fatal NATO Strike on Afghans The New York Times
Gates Lands in Afghanistan The New York Times
The degree zero of culture Asia Times
Blair's frank memoir covers the Iraq war, George W. Bush The State
The Iraq war is over, but will peace be won? DNA India
Flood-hit Pakistanis, Afghans may cross to Iran - UNHCR The Star
Flood-hit Pakistanis, Afghans may cross to Iran: UNHCR Gulf News
Flood-hit Pakistanis, Afghans may cross to Iran Khaleej Times
2 American Troops Killed in Afghan Attacks The New York Times
Gates in Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai, Petraeus The New York Times
Education is key in Afghanistan The Columbus Dispatch
Near Kandahar, the Prize Is an Empty Town The New York Times
Afghanistan Official Tries to Ease Depositors' Worries A The New York Times
2 Afghan Aid Workers Killed by Roadside Bomb The New York Times
Pakistan Shiites Mourn Those Killed in Triple Bomb The New York Times
Poland: Afghan Costs Crimping Force Modernization, Leader Sa The New York Times
Suicide bombings during Pakistani religious procession kill The Daily Mail
U.S. Adds Legal Pressure on Pakistani Taliban The New York Times
Techno-economics and the business of battlefields The Examiner

Pakistani Army deploy with small boat searching for survivors near Sajawal, Sindh province, southern Pakistan on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Floodwaters that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed to the Arabian Sea on Tuesday after swallowing two final towns, but the challenges of delivering emergency aid to 8 million people remained.

Pakistan's military rises to the fore

Palestinian Bedouins wade through floodwater which destroyed huts and agriculture in the Mughraka area, central Gaza Strip on 20 January 2010. Flooding has forced more than 100 people from their homes and farms in Gaza after heavy rains hit the area. Security services worked through the night to evacuate families from the area of Wadi Gaza, south of Gaza city. At least 12 people were injured in the flooding which destroyed scores of homes and inundated animal pens. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/ WN)

Afghan Refugees Forced To Start Over After Floods

Filipino residents seen walking in a flooded street due to typhoon Ondoy , Pasig City , Philippines , October 5 , 2009.

Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods

Pakistan's military rises to the fore Asia Times
Throw these infidels in jail Asia Times
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods The Wichita Eagle
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods Seattle Times
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods Herald Tribune
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods The Boston Globe
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods The Press Democrat
Afghan Refugees Forced To Start Over After Floods CBS News
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods Newsvine
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods Lexington Herald-Leader
Afghan refugees hit by Pakistani floods forced to start over Orlando Sentinel
Afghan refugees hit by Pakistani floods forced to start over Star Tribune
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods Wtop
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods Denver Post
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods The Miami Herald
Afghan refugees hit by Pakistani floods forced to start over KDVR
Afghan refugees forced to start over after floods The State
Refugees in Australian detention stage protest The Star
Aid for sale in Pakistan as refugees want cash The Star
Aid for sale in Pakistan as refugees want cash The Guardian

File - Osama bin Laden is seen in this image broadcast Wednesday April 17, 2002, by the London-based Middle East Broacasting Corp.

Osama probably hiding in mountainous regions of Pak: Petraeus

Keynote speaker General Davis Petraeus addresses the crowd at a tribute to the National Order of the Purple Heart in New Windsor, New York Friday, June 25, 2010.

Interview with General David Petraeus

Pakistani flood affected villagers move to safer areas in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan on Friday, Aug. 13, 2010.

'Everything has been destroyed. Only God knows what will happen to us now'

Auckland cop's effort saves Afghan toddler NZ Herald
Fla. soldier, 23, killed in Afghanistan Herald Tribune
Gates Visits US Forces in Southern Afghanistan The New York Times
Undernews For September 2, 2010 Scoop
Pakistan militants kill 35 despite floods Herald Tribune
Throw these infidels in jail Asia Times
Afghan central bank insists Kabul Bank is solvent Herald Tribune
Tony Blair writes in his memoir he cried for Iraq War victim The Christian Science Monitor
Prostitute Carla Bruni deserves death: Iran media The Siasat Daily
NSA James Jones and Senator McCain on Iraq Real Clear Politics
Expert: Charities sent money to Islamic fighters Herald Tribune
Tony Blair's book: Diana, Alastair Campbell, Afghanistan The Guardian
US commander Petraeus says Afghanistan's concern about s Star Tribune
Put women's rights back on Afghanistan's agenda Daily Star Lebanon
In Pakistan, refugees sell their rations, stoking food versu Star Tribune
Five kidnapped campaign workers for Afghan female MP assassi Newstrack India
Gunmen kill female Afghan candidate's campaign workers Newsvine
Opinion: The media is obsessed with how Muslim women look CNN
Afghan women depend on NATO forces: Dr. Yacoobi Newstrack India
Execution of Iranian woman for adultry on hold The Siasat Daily

Pakistan's security officials and investigator gather near an army truck damaged by suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, March 12, 2010

43 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing: police

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty May 18, 2010, at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen also answered questions about the arms agreement, which measures further reduction and limitations on strategic offensive arms. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released)

Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010. Karzai appealed to Taliban fighters Sunday to put down their weapons and accept Afghan laws as the country and its international allies push a program to entice militants away from the insurgency.

Karzai slams Nato civilian killings

54 killed in suicide bombing of Shia rally Irish Times
40 killed by suicide bomb linked to Pakistani Taliban The Independent
Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens U.S. The Star
Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threaten U.S. The Star
Disaster could delay anti-Taliban offensives Gulf News
Afghan exit plan already drafted The Australian
More Stryker Brigade soldiers charged with assault on Afghan Lexington Herald-Leader
Obama, NATO secretary-general to meet next Tuesday Fresno Bee
White House condemns deadly attacks in Pakistan Fresno Bee
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics Herald Tribune
Afghan candidate wounded by grenade in latest attack on Sept Star Tribune
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics The Press Democrat
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack The Press Democrat
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack Herald Tribune
Afghan Candidate Wounded in Grenade Attack The New York Times
Afghan Candidate Wounded In Grenade Attack CBS News
Analysis: Special-ops On Show To Woo War Skeptics CBS News
Afghan candidate wounded in grenade attack The Boston Globe
Pakistan Taliban say their bomber kills 43 Shiites The Guardian
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics The Guardian

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