Pakistancarried out airstrikes in easternAfghanistanthat killed at least 10 civilians, including nine children, the Taliban said on Tuesday. What do we know about the Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan? Pakistani intelligence sources told the DPA news agency that the strikes targeted the hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban group in the border province of Khost and other regions. "A good number of militants have been killed and we will continue this," an official told DPA.
The recent airstrike on a FARC dissident camp led by Ivan Mordisco, in which seven minors were killed in the Guaviare department of the Amazon, has placed Colombian President Petro at the center of an intense political debate. He has been particularly criticized for his shift from zero tolerance for airstrikes killing minors when he was in the opposition, to justifying them now that he is in office. However, he is not the only politician in a difficult position over this humanitarian tragedy.
American military forces carried out three airstrikes Monday that destroyed four vessels in the eastern Pacific alleged to be transporting drugs bound for the U.S., Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced. The strikes, which killed 14 and left one survivor, are the latest in a dramatic ramp-up of lethal American attacks on drug trafficking vessels in the waters of the western hemisphere.
Local authorities in Nigeria's northwestern state of Katsina have confirmed that a military operation had rescued some 76 hostages, many of them children, who were being held by "bandits." The group were freed after a series of precision airstrikes on group's camp. Nasir Mu'azu, state commissioner for internal security, said airstrikes are now "part of a broader strategy to dismantle criminal hideouts, weaken their networks and put an end to the cycle of killings, kidnappings, and extortion that have plagued innocent citizens."
Donald Trump has pushed the limits of US presidential power, seeking to reorient foreign policy to America First, characterized by a strategy of military strikes as peace through strength.
Well, I don't know how anybody could have been surprised at this. I think President Trump certainly telegraphed it. He said he was going to make his decision in a couple of weeks. I certainly understand why President Trump would not share that information with the Democrats in Congress. And, again, the operational security is just so crucial to protect our service men and women.