Mar 6th, 2010 · A top Pakistani Taliban commander close to al-Qaida is believed to have been killed in an army airstrike, officials said Saturday, in the latest apparent blow to insurgents who have attacked Pakistan and threatened U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
Feb 22nd, 2010 · A NATO airstrike in southern Afghanistan killed at least 21 civilians, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Monday. NATO forces confirmed in a statement that its planes fired Sunday on what it believed was a group of insurgents in southern Uruzgan province on their way to attack a joint NATO-Afghan patrol, but later discovered that women and children were hurt.
Jan 30th, 2010 · A joint U.S.-Afghan force called in an airstrike on what turned out to be an Afghan army post after taking fire from there before dawn Saturday, killing four Afghan soldiers and prompting an angry demand for punishment from the country's defense ministry.
Jan 25th, 2010 · In a sharp change of direction, the government in Yemen is showing a willingness to counter the growing presence of al-Qaida. Airstrikes and raids have been carried out on suspected al-Qaida operatives over the past month. In exchange, there has been a spike in military aid from the Obama administration.
Nov 26th, 2009 · The German military's inspector general — the equivalent of chief of staff — and a deputy defense minister have stepped down over the Sept. 4 attack. A classified NATO report cited "procedural errors" in the strike, which killed 30 civilians.
Nov 26th, 2009 · The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior official from the defense ministry resigned Thursday following allegations the ministry withheld information about civilian casualties sustained during an airstrike in Afghanistan in September. Christian Thiels, senior defense correspondent for the German television network ARD, says the two officials who resigned knew of the civilian casualties.
Sep 8th, 2009 · Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, appointed a team to investigate the German-ordered strike on two stolen fuel tankers. The announcement came as a Taliban car bomber attacked an international convoy near the military airport in Kabul.
Sep 5th, 2009 · The top NATO commander confirmed Saturday that civilians were wounded by a devastating airstrike targeting insurgents in northern Afghanistan. Gen. Stanley McChrystal visited the site of the strike as European leaders already nervous about the escalating war demanded answers.