via itnnews Britain’s top civil servant, Sir Gus O’Donnell, says Tony Blair was “reluctant” to hold Cabinet talks about the invasion of Iraq.

via NATOCOMMUNITY NATO and Russia cooperate on the training of Central Asian law enforcement officers at a Moscow training centre, fighting the movement of Afghan opium.

via AlJazeeraEnglish It has been two years since Barack Obama took over the US presidency. In that time the war in Afghanistan has stayed at the top of his foreign policy agenda. But is his strategy of transferring power to Afghan policy and the army working? Al Jazeera’s Sue Turton went out…

via NATOCOMMUNITY No strangers to conflict, a small contingent of Bosnians have deployed to Helmand province to assist their Danish colleagues in Gereshk.

via AlJazeeraEnglish Are US and NATO forces gaining momentum in Afghanistan? A recent peace deal with local tribal leaders in the Sangin district – one of the main battlefields of the war – has yielded cautious optimism, but similar deals have been made in the past only to fall apart.…

Jan 23 – In five separate attacks, car bombs explode around Iraq’s capital, killing six. Lindsay Parietti reports.

Canadians and Americans defy insurgent bomb threats to walk 90-km (55-mile) with Shi’ite pilgrims to Kerbala in Iraq to raise money for Iraqi orphans. Lindsey Parietti reports.

via TheRealNews Jonathan S. Landay, national security and intelligence correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses U.S. policies in Afghanistan. Landay has written about foreign affairs and U.S. defense, intelligence and foreign policies for 15 years.

via ITN Former PM Tony Blair was heckled at the Chilcot Inquiry after saying he ‘profoundly regretted’ the loss if life in Iraq.

Jan 19 – Police come under attack in Iraq with more than a dozen killed Wednesday — following a series of attacks. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.