War News for Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Official: Pakistan sees lull in US drone strikes - The CIA has stopped firing missiles at militants in Pakistan since last month's deadly NATO airstrikes along the Afghan border so as not to "aggravate" already strained ties with Islamabad, the chief of Pakistan's senate defense committee said Tuesday. The 33-day pause is the longest since the program began in 2004, according to the Long War Journal, a website that tracks the strikes.

Iran to expel around 900,000 Afghan refugees

Secret US, Taliban Talks Reach Turning Point

Four rockets fired on US consulate in Kirkuk

Turkish security forces kill 20 PKK members in southeast


Reported security incidents
#1: Afghan security forces and foreign troops killed two insurgents and detained nine during operations in Laghman, Kandahar, Helmand and Ghazni provinces over the past 24 hours, the interior ministry said in a statement.