The campaign during the upcoming "brutal Afghan winter"

Two reports:

1) LA Times:

Militants and military brace for a winter of war in Afghanistan

2) Canadian Press:

Canada plans to exploit Taliban's winter weakness

My goodness, for once our press is doing the looking on the "bright side" (just a bit of dark humour there, people). Meanwhile, an article on Pakistanis' paranoia:

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too
...
Recently, in the officer’s mess in Bajaur, the northern tribal region where the Pakistani Army is tied down fighting the militants [note that NY Times' "tied down"], one officer offered his own theory: Osama bin Laden did not exist, he told a visiting journalist.

Rather, he was a creation of the Americans, who needed an excuse to invade Afghanistan and encroach on Pakistan.