Anranai Tangi (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Mar 2009
Date: 01/03/2009
Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 7 Killed, 1 Injured
What Happened?
01 March 2009: A U.S. drone attack targeted a house in the Anranai Tangi village of Sara Rogha area of South Waziristan Agency. The house belonged to a local man named Asghar Shamankhel.
A local news agency, Dawn, alleged that Asghar was an associate to the Taliban commander Baituallah Mehsud.
The identities of the seven killed people nor their affiliation has ever been confirmed, making this an undocumented attack.
Sources: Dawn, Washington Post
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