Afghanistan, Pakistan.....

ABC has a bit more detail on the Taleban attack on Sunday near the Pakistani border that left 9 US soldiers dead. It was some serious fighting inside the base.

After nearly five to eight hours of intense combat, nine U.S. soldiers lay dead, with another 15 Americans and four Afghan soldiers wounded — meaning one in five of the American defenders was killed and one-third wounded in the attack. All told, it's an alarming casualty rate of 50 percent for the small American force.

Wow.

The AP also has a good details piece, and CSM has a broader piece trying to say this attack points to new, more sophisticated tactics by the militants.

Right now, the US is flooding that border area with troops, (in response to that attack?)

A build up of Western coalition forces on the Afghan border spread alarm on Tuesday among villagers in the Pakistani tribal region of North Waziristan, a known stronghold of Taliban and al Qaeda militants.....

hundreds of coalition troops had been airlifted to a border area opposite the village of Lowara Mandi.....

CBS has printed bits of the Karzai Cabinet's statement blaming Pakistan and the ISI for the violence (a very strong statement,) and the Afghani parliament passed on a measure similarly blaming the Pakistanis.

And, there are some signs that India is thinking about responding to the embassy bombing with covert action of its own against Pakistan.