Pakistan
Pakistan’s Leaders Hold Last Ditch Talks to Break Deadlock Over Top Judges
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Afghanistan
An Afghan officer, NATO behind him, leads an assault
Yemen
Two explosions rocked the customs ministry adjacent to the Italian embassy in Sana’a. Offices had not opened yet. No injuries were reported. The blasts were caused by mortars the defense ministry said, but a security official said two car bombs were left inside the compound. A witness said bombs at the exterior wall caused the […]
In Pictures: MEDEVAC missions in Afghanistan
During Phil Peterson’s recent embed in Afghanistan, he accompanied Bagram Air Field-based flight crews on several medical operations. This is a look those missions.
Saudi Arabia
Iraq to hand over Saudi detainees to Riyadh
Yemen
Two car bombs hit Yemen capital
Pakistan
Three police were killed in a grenade attack in Kohat. Police in Dera Ismail Khan arrested a man transporting two suicide vests. Three government worker were kidnapped in Mohmand agency. The Chief Minister of the Northwest Frontier Province is urging the central government to negotiate with the Taliban.
Afghanistan
Seven Afghans were killed, including three Taliban, three Afghan intelligence officials, and one child, after security forces surrounded the home of terrorists involved in Sunday’s assassination attempt on President Karzai. Coalition forces confirmed the capture of Hajji Abdul Majid Khan, a Taliban financier and IED facilitator in Zabul province.