RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia said Friday it carried airstrikes against infiltrators from Yemen that were limited to areas inside Saudi territory, and vowed to continue the military action until the border with its restive neighbor was secur
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani jets pounded militant hide-outs along the Afghan border and killed at least nine guerrillas, intelligence officials said Wednesday, part of a stepped-up campaign of airstrikes before an expected government offe
KABUL - Fewer civilians were killed by airstrikes in Afghanistan last month even as U.S. and NATO forces pushed deep into Taliban territory, driving clashes and Western casualties sharply higher. Western and Afghan officials say the drop appears to
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani fighter jets killed 24 insurgents close to the Afghan border while security forces arrested 40 militants in raids in another northwestern region, officials said Friday. Under heavy U.S. pressure, Pakistan is chipping away at al
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's army offensive in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan heated up Monday, with militants attacking three security force bases and military jets responding with airstrikes that killed at least 21 people, intelligence officials sai
WASHINGTON - US military commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal said he would sharply restrict the use of airstrikes in an effort to reduce the civilian deaths, The New York Times reported Monday. The newspaper said McChrystal noted in
WASHINGTON - A U.S. warplane failed to follow all operational rules in a complex battle in Afghanistan last month that killed an estimated 26 civilians and 78 Taliban fighters, the U.S. military concluded in a report released Friday. The deaths last
WASHINGTON - Roughly 26 civilians died in U.S.-led airstrikes in western Afghanistan in early May, the U.S. military said on Friday in a report that cited a far lower death toll than other estimates but acknowledged that a higher figure was possibl
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