In pictures: On Pakistan’s tribal frontier
BBC News – UK
The BBC’s M Ilyas Khan travelled to Dera Ismail Khan on the edge of Taliban strongholds. More than 500 people have died here since 2007 in bomb attacks and …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8120464.stm

Taliban bomber kills 2 troops in Pakistani Kashmir
The Associated Press
Earlier this week, he narrowly escaped a drone strike in Makeen in South Waziristan, a rugged, lawless region along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hki
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The story of Afghanistan’s Hidden Treasures is now a movie
Examiner.com – USA
The story of Afghanistan’s treasures from the National Museum in Kabul—and how they were hidden for almost 30 years, and then recovered—is a dramatic and …
www.examiner.com/x-907-NY-City-Life-Examiner~y2009m6d25
-The-story-of-Afghanistans-Hidden-Treasures-is-now-a-movie

Miliband: UK not defeated in Afghanistan
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
Britain’s foreign secretary defends performance of British troops in the insurgency-hit southern Afghanistan where Taliban have gained grounds in recent …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99091&sectionid=351020403

Deaths Push Afghan War to the Fore for Germany
New York Times – United States
Germany has lost 35 soldiers in Afghanistan, including a 21-year-old mourned last month in Bad Saulgau. The toll deepens the conflict’s unpopularity. …
www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/world/europe/26germany.html?hpw

Attack won’t help US image
Minot Daily News – Minot,ND,USA
Missiles rained down on a funeral procession Wednesday in Pakistan, killing 80 people and wounding dozens more. The intended target, the head of Pakistan’s …
www.minotdailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/529462.html?nav=5004

US Lawmakers Reject Amendment Calling for an Exit Strategy from …
Voice of America – USA
By Dan Robinson As members of the US Congress ask questions about the Obama administration’s strategy in Afghanistan, the House of Representatives has…
www.voanews.com/english/2009-06-26-voa1.cfm

Key US aide meets Indian leaders
BBC News – UK
President Obama’s national security adviser is in India for talks on the third and final stage of a tour that included Afghanistan and Pakistan. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8120436.stm

Militants target army in Pakistani-run Kashmir
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
… in recent months have been prime target of the insurgents in retaliation for a military offensive in the troubled northwest bordering Afghanistan. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=99083&sectionid=351020401

Love For Sale (Airbases Too)
Strategy Page – USA
US will probably leave the base when Afghanistan campaign ends. That will happen sooner or later. Military operations in Pakistan and troop increase in …
www.strategypage.com/militaryforums/16-1427.aspx

Germany’s war of words in Afghanistan – The Local
The German government refuses to admit it’s fighting a war Afghanistan. But simply relabeling dead soldiers is poor substitute for dealing with the military reality there, argues Katharina Schuler from Zeit Online.
www.thelocal.de/opinion/20090625-20191.html

The New Strategy in Afghanistan (SWJ Blog)
By SWJ Editors
The New Strategy in Afghanistan. Posted by SWJ Editors on June 25, 2009 5:06 PM | Permalink| Print. The Charlie Rose Show – The New Strategy in Afghanistan with David Kilcullen, David Barno, and Tom Ricks. …
smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2009/06/the-new-strategy-in-afghanista/

Helmand Blog – Afghanistan: British troops ‘clear Taliban stronghold’
By Media Ops Blog
Troops conducting one of the British military’s largest operations in Afghanistan have cleared a Taliban stronghold in the south and are encouraging villagers to return, an officer said Thursday. …
helmandblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/british
-troops-clear-taliban-stronghold.html

McChrystal: New view of Afghan war needed – MarineCorpsTimes.com
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan — Gen. Stanley McChrystal said Wednesday that US and other NATO troops must make a “cultural shift” away from being a force designed for high intensity combat and instead make protecting Afghan civilians …
www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2009/
06/ap_afghanistan_mcchrystal_062409/

29 Year Old Iraq War Vet: ‘People Look At Me Like I’m Nobody …
By Alexa Lombardo
Still, he looks to the bigger picture, to the future, and to the new administration’s plans for Iraq and Afghanistan. He remains hopeful that with the new administration, the change that was promised will come. …
www.scoop44.com/2009/06/26/29-year-old-
iraq-war-vet-people-look-at-me-like-im-nobody/