Pakistan says Obama pressure on militants hurts Afghanistan

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's warning to Islamabad over suspected ties to militants will hurt efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and fuel anti-Americanism, the chairman of Pakistan's Senate Foreign Affairs Committee said on Friday.  uk.reuters.com/article/2011/10/07/us-pakistan-usa-idUKTRE7960O620111007

Raymond Davis: Guns, Cars, and Bagels

Raymond Davis, a former C.I.A. contractor, was in a courtroom in Denver on Tuesday, where he was formally charged with second-degree assault. How different was that from his appearance, just a few months ago, before a court in Lahore, Pakistan, where he was charged with murder? That question came up when the district attorney suggested that it might be a good idea if Davis wasn’t allowed to carry a gun while the charges were pending.  http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2011/10/raymond-davis-guns-cars-and-bagels.html

India promises to prop up Karzai

By M K Bhadrakumar

 President Hamid Karzai's two-day visit to India presages a major realignment of regional powers over the Afghan problem. India has taken a carefully thought-out decision to pitch for a key role in the so-called "endgame" in Afghanistan, commensurate with its aspirations as a regional power and in defense of what it considers to be its vital interests against the backdrop of a developing situation about which it is genuinely concerned.  http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/MJ06Df04.html

Fiery NA response to US, Kabul likely

ISLAMABAD: A fiery response to the latest US and Afghan charges against Pakistan’s main spy agency is expected to come from the National Assembly, which begins a new session on Monday.  http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/03/fiery-na-response-to-us-kabul-likely.html

Power riots rock Lahore, other Punjab cities

In Lahore, people burnt an office of the electricity supply company (Lesco) and official vehicles of an SP and a DSP. The DSP and several other policemen were injured while trying to disperse violent demonstrators protesting enhanced power loadshedding. Police used teargas, fired in the air and used batons to beat up people in several areas. In Bahawalnagar, protesters also stormed the house of an MPA.http://www.dawn.com/2011/10/03/dsp-among-several-policemen-injured-during-protests-power-riots-rock-lahore-other-punjab-cities.html

CIA operative charged in Colo parking spot fight

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) — A CIA contractor freed by Pakistani authorities after the families of two men he killed in a shootout agreed to accept a $2.34 million "blood money" payment was charged Saturday in Colorado, with authorities saying he got into a fight over a shopping center parking spot.  http://news.yahoo.com/cia-operative-charged-colo-parking-spot-fight-032421664.html