US and Pakistan officials ended five days of consultation on May 5. Eric Edelman, the Pentagon’s policy chief, and retired Lt. Gen. Tariq Waseem Ghazi, Pakistan’s Secretary Defense, led the 17th annual meeting of the US and Pakistan defense consultative group. Issues ranged from training activities to procurement of US equipment and counter-terror efforts.
The U.S. military struck over 1,000 targets on the first day of its air campaign against Iran, unleashing enormous firepower in the opening 24 hours of Operation Epic Fury.