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Imran Khan argues that western intervention in Afghanistan and the subsequent confusion surrounding policy has had a hugely damaging effect on Pakistan. His country, he says, had no involvement in 9/11, but is now fighting someone else's war.
2. Schools: new names, same results (Guardian)
Peter Wilby condemns the perpetual rebranding of Britain's schools and asserts that until we address social and economic inequality, our schools will continue to favour the middle classes and fail those in most need of help.
3. WikiLeaks Afghanistan: what do the leaks really tell us? (Daily Telegraph)
Con Coughlin compares the release of the Afghan war logs to that of the Pentagon Papers in 1971. The difference, he says, is that most of what appeared in yesterday's release is not new, whereas the Pentagon Papers revealed a systematic deception of the American people.
4. India eyes an American special relationship (Financial Times)
Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes of David Cameron's visit to India and his efforts to kick-start a dwindling alliance. As Delhi drifts away from London, its relations with the US are becoming stronger. While the US has smoothed India's passage on to the world stage, Cameron now represents little more than a "business delegation".
5. It's only right the elder brother wins (Independent)
Dominic Lawson looks at what he considers the unattractive side of the sibling relationship between the Miliband brothers. It all comes down to gender, he argues. After all, if David Miliband had a younger sister, he says, would we be witnessing the inexorable rise of Edwina Miliband?
6. For evidence of the real war involving motorists, look in the mortuary (Guardian)
George Monbiot condemns the coalition's plans to cut road safety grants, which, he says, will result in councils having no choice but to switch off their speed cameras. The morgues already attest to the dangers of our roads; losing the cameras will only make things worse.
7. The battle to justify this as a war worth fighting just got a lot harder (Independent)
Patrick Cockburn argues that the revelations from the war logs released yesterday allow us to see what life is like for people living in Afghanistan today, and to understand why foreign intervention and the domestic corruption it has brought have resulted in such a marked loss of faith among Afghan civilians.
8. BP's chairman has done himself, and the company, few favours (Times)
An editorial argues that BP was right to push for the exit of its beleaguered chief executive, Tony Hayward, as his hapless attempts to mitigate the Gulf oil spill had failed repeatedly. As BP regained control on the seabed, it needed to do the same in the boardroom and in public opinion.
9. Obama needs to stop baiting business (Financial Times)
Mort Zuckerman argues that the estrangement between big business and the Obama administration is cause for "national concern". President Obama must act soon to allay business fears, or risk grave ramifications.
10. Who cooked the planet? (New York Times)
Paul Krugman writes about the "greed and cowardice" that condemned the Climate Change Bill to fail. But most of all, it was the supporters who deserted it at the last moment who sealed its fate. Chief among them was John McCain who, Krugman argues, sacrificed the planet for a few more years on his career.
