13.10.17
Drone Warfare
The US dropped 751 weapons on Afghanistan in September, a seven-year high, but carried out fewer strikes.
06.10.17
More US bombs and missiles have hit Afghanistan in September than in any other month for nearly seven years.
02.10.17
US military investigating loss of unmanned plane
30.09.17
In Afghanistan, civilians are enmeshed in the bitter conflict between US troops and the Taliban
18.09.17
Human Rights
A US strike hits Pakistan for the fifth time this year
13.09.17
The US carried out its first combat airdrop in Afghanistan in more than two years last month, signalling a possible deterioration of security
06.09.17
A monthly update on the covert US war on terror.
22.08.17
Trump escalates Afghanistan war. 3,900 more US troops to be sent. So far this year there have been three times as many airstrikes
07.08.17
28.07.17
US strikes are raining down on the group in Nangarhar province, but no one is really sure who they are hitting.
25.05.17
US military operations against the Taliban have dramatically escalated during the Trump presidency, despite combat operations against the group ending over two years ago
22.05.17
The US has spent more than $70bn on Afghan security. But the defence against the Taliban is falling to some very unconventional soldiers.
27.04.17
US jets and drones have carried out 85 strikes in Yemen since Donald Trump's inauguration, more than in all of 2015 and 2016 combined.
06.03.17
If confirmed, an attack on Thursday which killed two militants would be the first US strike on in Pakistan since May last year - raising the possibility of a shift in policy.
02.03.17
The 20 strikes were carried out over one morning, targeting fighters from the regional arm of al Qaeda, their equipment and infrastructure.
28.02.17
Since the US withdrew its combat forces from Afghanistan, responsibility for security has shifted to local partners - meaning it is often left in the hands of strongmen who have their own agendas.
09.02.17
Working with a journalist who visited the targeted Yemeni village after the raid and gathered survivors' testimony, we have collected the names and ages of 25 civilians reportedly killed.
06.02.17
Airstrikes killed and injured more civilians in Afghanistan last year than at any time since the United Nations (UN) began systematically recording casualties there in 2009.
20.01.17
The outgoing Obama administration says it killed one civilian and 431-441 combatants in counterterrorism strikes last year – contrasting slightly with the Bureau’s estimate.
19.01.17
Obama developed a defining policy architecture which his successor Donald Trump now inherits: the ability to kill suspected terrorists anywhere without US personnel having to leave their bases.
