The Rundown -- November 26

# A story of an Afghan woman who told RFE/RL how she murdered between 10 and 25 Taliban militants... breitbart.com
# ibtimes.co.in mentions RFE/RL in a report on Islamic State's battle for Kobani
# The Moscow Times cites RFE/RL in it's article about Russian journalists and activist who seek asylum in West

# BBC gives profile of the Chech Republic in which it mentiones relocation of RFE/RL from Munich to Prague.

# euromaidanpress.com reprints Serhiy Drachuk's report on violence against women in Ukraine and war in Donbas

Afghanistan/Pakistan
# China’s Endgame in Afghanistan - Teshu Singh, IPCS
# As Bombing Toll Rises, Afghan Villagers Direct Anger at Government, NYT
# 4 Reasons to Love Afghanistan That Have Nothing to Do With War, Huffington Post
# Pakistan trying to avert Iranian penalty, pakobserver
# Pakistan completes border trench in Balochistan, centralasiaonline

# Pakistan polio outbreak ‘will probably be fixed next year’, says WHO official, The Guardian
# India-Pakistan Sparring Opens Door for China in South Asia, Bloomberg

# Russia-Pakistan Defense Accord Signals Shifting Regional Alignments - Richard Weitz, World Politics Review

Iraq/Syria
# Jihadist training camps expand across Syria and Iraq, The Telegraph
# But What's the War Strategy? - David Wood, Huffington Post
# Iraq army, allies reclaim towns from Islamic State, LAT
# Who Will Reintegrate Iraq’s Shi’ite Volunteers? - Michael Rubin, commentarymagazine.com

Iran
# Iran talks: Hardliners and the shifting deadline - Massoumeh Torfeh, Al-Jazeera
# Iran's nuclear programme: Keep on talking, Economist
# Iran’s Supreme Leader Dismisses Western Pressure on Nuclear Issue, NYT
# Iran: Diplomacy Infinitum, New Yorker
# Now what on Iran? - Jennifer Rubin, WP
# The Iran Nuke Extension Is a Death Sentence - Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Policy

# The Crisis of Trust in the Islamic Republic of Irantension Is a Death Sentence - Akbar Ganji, Huffington Post

# Georgia calls on west to condemn Abkhazia treaty with Russia, FT

# Georgia angered by Russia-Abkhazia military agreement, The Guardian

# Further Strains in Unresolved War Between Armenia and Azerbaijan Over Disputed Territory, NYT
# Armenia: Feeling Betrayed By Russia? - Marianna Grigoryan, eurasiareview.com

# Armenian Tax Break Meets With Local Opposition, IWPR

# Serbia's Future- EU Accession or A Closer Alliance with Russia - Samuel Ramani, Huffington Post

Russia
# France suspends warships deal with Russia over Ukraine crisis, The Guardian
# Russia fascinated by Ferguson riots … again, WP
# Russia Won’t Cut Oil Production to Support Prices, WSJ
# Honeymoon Is Over for Russia and Germany - John Lough, Moscow Times
# Former Russian spy Anna Chapman features in Putin army recruitment video, Telegraph
# Russia's EU strategy is to isolate member states, euractiv.com
# Russia and non-proliferation: A concession that never was, ECFR

Ukraine
# Televizor: Singing for Peace in Ukraine, sptimes.ru
# Rethinking the cost of Western intervention in Ukraine - Katrina vanden Heuvel, WP
# Note to Ukraine: Time to Reconsider Your "Cossack" Pride, Nikolas Kozloff, Huffington Post
# Russia Warned Off Ukraine NATO Considerations, WSJ

# Picking Up the Pieces at the Pentagon - Gopal Rotnam, Foreign Policy
# White House seeks a stronger hand at Pentagon to manage crises, WP
# What happens when a country goes bust, economist.com