ISW News Roundup - February 17, 2009
Feb 17, 2009 - AnonymousAfghanistan
Washington Times - Report: Afghanistan reconstruction lacks coordination, by Jason Motlagh
Reuters - Bottom-up approach needed in Afghanistan: report, by Paul Eckert
Washington Times - Report: Afghanistan reconstruction lacks coordination, by Jason Motlagh
Reuters - Bottom-up approach needed in Afghanistan: report, by Paul Eckert
Long War Journal - US troops kill Taliban's shadow governor for Badghis province, by Bill Roggio
Associated Press - Airstrike in Afghanistan kills Taliban commander, by Heidi Vogt and Amir Shah
Reuters - Afghanistan to join in regional U.S. policy review, by Hamid Shalizi
Washington Times - Hoolbrooke opens talks with Karzai, by Jason Straziuso
Reuters - Militants call ceasefire in Pakistan's Swat valley
Reuters - U.S. missile strike kills 25 militants in Pakistan, by Hafiz Wazir
Associated Press - Suspected US missile strike kills 27 in Pakistan, by Stephen Graham
Times Online UK - British to play smaller role as US troops fight 'losing battle', by Tom Baldwin and Tom Coghlan
LA Times - Feinstein comment on U.S. drones likely to embarrass Pakistan, by Greg Miller
ISW holds its first Senate event at the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The event, moderated by Kimberly Kagan, presents ISW Research Analyst Claire Russo's most recent Iraq Report.
Washington Times - 'Kite Runner' star threatened, by Jason Motlagh
Associated Press - Attacks on Afghan government buildings kill 20, by Amir Shah and Rahim Faiez
Reuters - French officer, Afghan translator killed in ambush
Associated Press - NATO: 2 soldiers killed in Afghan bomb attack, by Fisnik Abrashi
Reuters - Blast kills two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan
BBC - Afghan people 'losing confidence', by Ian Pannell
CNN - Sources: Iraq, Afghanistan withdrawals delayed, by Barbara Starr
Aswat al-Iraq - Poll results out in 2 weeks - IHEC
Aswat al-Iraq - Kurdish official warns against early U.S. withdrawal
Aswat al-Iraq - Diala police chief rules out violence when election results announced
Washington Post - The Dissenter Who Changed the War, by Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post - On a Base in Iraq, The Pedi-Cure, by Ernesto Londono