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Retribution for a recent pakistani military offense against the taliban in their country. "the times" reports, the military says that the offensive has resulted in the death of 1,800 militants and cleared much of the region's most notorious hub of militant activity. michael, given today's attack, is the military offensive having any impact? >> that's a great question. it's a really complicated situation. you mentioned the region. the region is waziristan, on the border of pakistan and afghanistan. during my analysis of the afghan war, one of the serious problems of lack of progress in afghanis...

program and say they are innocent. porter was clearly happy to be back in the u.s. tonight. >> i'd like to thank the nebs cairo for all the thing thez did for us as well as the administration at the american university in cairo for all their help and support. and my lawyers ted and both in egypt and here who worked tirelessly to obtain my freedom. i'm just so thankful to be back. and i love to be in philadelphia right now. >> the other two students arrested with porter, derrick sweeney and luke gates are also returning to the u.s. from egypt at this hour. syria is running out of al...

cnn's rez acehal joins me from islamabad. first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. it's important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal...

first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. it's important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal region right along the afghanistan border...

needed supplies just sit across the border. cnn's reza sayah joins me from islamabad with more. reza, first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? >> reporter: ted, the most detailed account we're getting is from pakistani officials. and it's important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say that this is exactly what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials here are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil, killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. ...