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• NATO invites Pakistan to summit in Chicago

  has long been a brittle relationship, scarred by mistrust on both sides. Many in Washington believe Pakistan is supporting the Taliban , making the Afghanistan war unwinnable.The U.S. expressed regret for the airstrikes and has been quietly pressing Pakistan   Read more »

• Gunman kills Afghan peace council member in Kabul

  U.S., Afghan and other international officials.Rahmani, along with other members of the peace council, was trying to forge relations with those Taliban amenable to peace talks.___Associated Press writer Deb Riechmann in Kabul contributed to this report.   Read more »

• Afghan leader: airstrikes could undermine US pact

  the cooperation agreement he just signed with the U.S. He talked to families of the latest victims Tuesday.Also Tuesday, Taliban attacks in three provinces killed 12 Afghans -- seven police, four Education Ministry employees and a bodyguard.The Taliban kill   Read more »

• Congressional leaders say Taliban is stronger

  been degraded since Obama's "surge" in U.S. troops, Feinstein said: "I think we'd both say that what we've found is that the Taliban is stronger."More than 1,800 U.S. troops have been killed in the decade-long war. About 88,000 service members remain deployed,   Read more »

• UK publisher to release Taliban poetry anthology

  and heartache that British soldiers would do."But he said that he'd been struck by how stark some of the war poems were.The Taliban poetry was "much more black-and-white" than what British soldiers wrote, he said, warning that "war is a gray business.""It   Read more »

Around the web

• Militants killed in base attack

  Afghan violence Taliban insurgents detonated a truck bomb, then tried to storm a NATO base Friday in eastern Afghanistan, but coalition forces repelled the attack, killing 14 militants, officials said. No foreign or Afghan troops were killed, according to 56 m ago from Detroit Free Press Read more »

• ISAF Forces rescue four civilians from Taliban

  Second, this morning’s mission, conducted by coalition forces, exemplifies our collective and unwavering commitment to defeat the Taliban,” said Gen. John R. Allen, commander, International Security Assistance Force. “I’m extremely grateful to the Afghan authorities 1:47 AM from DVIDS Read more »

• LETTER: Lieberman vote no threat to Americans' liberty

  Sept. 11) ... or harbored those responsible for the attacks” and those who were “a part of or substantially supported al-Qaida, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.” It also 6/1/12 from New Haven Register Read more »

• Bloodshed and betrayal: The futility of our soldiers' deaths in Helmand and scandal of their inadequate equipment revealed in book MoD tried to censor

  from it. Captain Dan Shepherd was an experienced bomb disposal officer who had dealt with scores of roadside bombs like this, the Taliban’s deadly — and increasingly successful — weapon of choice in the war in Afghanistan. British soldiers observing him through 6/1/12 from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Tony Parsons bite-sized: Rebecca Adlington, Greece' hungry children and Anders Breivik

  forums can be bear-pits of spite. But aren’t we placing a little too much importance on the pathetic ravings of the Twitter Taliban? There have always been sad cases with poison pens. In the past their ravings have gone straight in the bin. Suddenly they are 6/1/12 from Mirror.co.uk Read more »