Sources: BBC
The United States approves the release of Saifullah Paracha, a 73-year-old Pakistani man who is currently the oldest prisoner held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. He is expected to be formally released in the next few months. 2021-05-17
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that the United States will continue to defend troops and interests. He also says that those who carried out the rocket attack in Iraq will be held accountable. 2021-03-7
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says American troops withdrawing from Syria will go to western Iraq, where the U.S. military will continue to conduct operations against the Islamic State to prevent its resurgence. 2019-10-20
The United States withdraws diplomats from its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore due to terrorist threats. 2013-08-9
US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta urges China and its neighbours not to engage in "provocative behaviour" over maritime border disputes. 2012-09-16
The United States apologizes to Pakistan for a helicopter strike on a Pakistan Army border post that killed 3 soldiers. 2010-10-7
At least 3 people are killed by a United States missile attack on a home where associates of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Hafiz Gul Bahadur were believed to be staying in northwest Pakistan. 2010-09-12
Suspected United States missiles strike two cars carrying militants in Pakistan's Kurram Valley resulting in at least four deaths. 2010-08-28
Hackers based in China access classified Indian documents, emails of the Dalai Lama, offices of the United Nations and the Pakistani embassy in the United States. 2010-04-6
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates reviews allegations of misconduct in Afghanistan by the private military company formerly known as Blackwater, Xe Services LLC. 2010-03-6