KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Afghan military authorities say they have begun carrying out strikes against Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes days ago. A statement issued by the media office of Afghanistan’s military corps in the east said “heavy clashes” had begun Thursday night “in response to the recent airstrikes carried out by Pakistani forces.
Three United States service members have been killed and several others injured during ongoing military operations in the Middle East, according to an update released by US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sunday morning. In a statement posted to social media, CENTCOM confirmed that the fatalities occurred as part of Operation Epic Fury.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan’s security forces killed 34 militants in multiple raids across the country, the military said on Wednesday, as a separate ambush blamed on the Pakistani Taliban killed four police officers near the Afghan border.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A senior White House official said Sunday that Iran’s “new potential leadership” has suggested it is open to talks with the United States after American and Israeli forces launched a major attack against Tehran, killing the country’s supreme leader and other high-ranking officials.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A pair of attacks on police vehicles by suspected militants killed at least five officers in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said. The assailants ambushed a police vehicle and killed one officer in Kohat. When police reinforcements arrived minutes later, they launched another attack and killed four more officers.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) – A paramilitary post in northwestern Pakistan came under attack on Monday when a drone loaded with explosives wounded several officers, according to police and local officials.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – An uproar continued Sunday after the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East, as more Arab and Muslim countries objected and the U.S. said his comments were taken out of context. Huckabee spoke in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired Friday.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan said early Sunday it carried out strikes along the border with Afghanistan, targeting hideouts of Pakistani militants it blames for recent attacks inside the country.
ISLAMABAD (AP) – A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy in northwest Pakistan bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, the Pakistani military said.
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