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How will the Kabul raid affect a peace deal? [VIDEO]

Neither Afghan nor American observers expect the Kabul attack on the InterContinental Hotel to shut down the peace process.
Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Three options weighed by the White House

How many US troops are coming home from Afghanistan this year? On the eve of Obama's speech on his promised July start to the drawdown of American forces, here are three scenarios.
As troop drawdown nears, is NATO surge working in Afghanistan?

As Obama's promise of a troop drawdown nears, the US military says the surge of tens of thousands of NATO reinforcements that began last year has won some and lost some against the Taliban but needs more time to succeed.
Terrorism & Security
Afghanistan helicopter crash makes 2010 deadliest year in Afghanistan war

Nine NATO soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash Tuesday in Afghanistan. Nearly 2,100 NATO troops have died in the nine-year Afghanistan war, with 529 just this year.
Counterterrorism help from Pakistan is insufficient, report finds

US officials recently praised Pakistan for taking the fight to extremist groups in its midst. Now, a report from the RAND Corp. says some official elements in Pakistan are still thwarting counterterrorism efforts – and that the US should withhold some aid as a result.
Pakistan faces limits as it widens war on Taliban

The Army is preparing for a new offensive in South Waziristan. A US drone strike Thursday killed at least nine in the area.
Senators grill Petraeus on new Afghanistan strategy

Top concerns are troop levels and yardsticks for success
NATO commanders in Afghanistan wary of antidrug effort

The opium trade helps fund the insurgency but also provides farmers livelihood.
To fight Taliban, US eyes Afghan tribes

Some tribes have forced insurgents from their area, but many risks remain.
U.S. trains sights on Taliban, Al Qaeda stronghold

It plans to send more troops to Afghanistan and ramp up attacks in Pakistan.
Stop the 'war' on terror

Calling it a 'war' is a boon to terrorist recruiters.
Rethinking the post-9/11 strategy

Analysts debate the rhetoric of war as part of the fight against terrorism.
Pakistan's 'Gandhi' party takes on Taliban, Al Qaeda

The Awami National Party, which leads the ruling coalition in the crucial North West Frontier Province, espouses a nonviolent approach to tackling extremism.
U.S. kills Al Qaeda-linked militant, but elsewhere terrorism grows

News of an airstrike on Aden Hashi Ayro came on the heels of the State Department's annual report on terrorism, which concluded that Al Qaeda was rebuilding in Pakistan.
U.S. to heighten Afghan role?

Pentagon weighs lead role in NATO's combat mission in the south to betterfight Taliban.