Outside the wire in Afghanistan, write two staff reporters at the Burlington Free Press.
Kandahar roulette with a nine millimetre, writes Rajiv Srinivasan in the New York Times' At War blog.
This is a wonderful tale about Afghanistan and how people with disabilities are treated in the country. Read it here.
The St. John's Telegram in Newfoundland is one of many outlets reporting that General Petraeus is supporting a plan to reach out to the Taliban.
CNN gives us the astonishing revelation that the soldiers alleged in the Afghan killing team implicated themselves on tape.
Another CNN story examines plans for a railway in Afghanistan.
The Colorado Gazette has this story, from the Associated Press, about NATO moving into Pakistan.
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the chief of Homeland Security calls a plan to monitor various groups in America, including animal rights and gay rights groups, a mistake.
A Pakistani minister resigned after criticizing the army, in this report carried in Wisconsin's Capital Times.
A drone strike killed four people in Pakistan last night, report Agence France Presse.
Guam is grieving an Afghan war death, record ABN news.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Observer has a breaking news update about Pakistan's response to the attacks.
The Idaho Statesman leads with the news that a mistrial was declared in the Blackwater trial about the Afghans that were killed, and that the jury was deadlocked.
Idaho's Boise Weekly reports on Project Censored, saying that one of the most underreported stories in 2009-2010 are the covert activities of Blackwater in Pakistan - and that they are apparently running predator drones over the border whose strikes are unknown to the media.
In Helena, Montana, the Independent Record has two interesting, previously unmentioned stories, this one about Pakistani angst in the wake of Aafia Siddiqui, and this one about the three reporters in the country that were detained being released by NATO.
Did 9/11 really change everything, New Zealanders ask, in this front page link at the nation's scoop.co.nz.
Mark Dodd and Jeremy Kelly report on the court martial of Australians in their country for the civilian deaths of children; Australian media have been asking their leaders about whether the rules of engagement should be changed.
NPR chronicles the widening dissent in the ranks of those who must put their reputations on the line to defend Afghanistan war decisions; the lawmakers and top White House officials.
The Atlantic runs Andrew Sullivan's chat with Joe Klein under the headline, Dial Back in Afghanistan, Please in which he describes how ordinary civilians that he has been meeting on the road can't relate to the reasons for the war.
Why are we even there, many here ask. Read the most recent story, published in the Star Tribune of St. Paul, Minnesota, where Americans express misgivings.
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