Meanwhile, In Afghanistan...

...Or close enough, anyway.

Things apparently get desperate in the forgotten war-

Pakistan has erected the first section of a controversial fence on the Afghan border, severing a key corridor used by Taliban militants, the chief military spokesman said Thursday.

The building of the barbed wire anti-insurgent fence however provoked anger from Kabul, which says it does not recognise the porous frontier between the two pivotal allies in the US-led "war on terror."...

...More than 1,000 people have died in Taliban-related violence in Afghanistan this year including around 50 foreign soldiers. The majority of the bloodshed has been in provinces bordering Pakistan....

Not sure any major news outlets reported this; I think Paris Hilton got arrested or something.