Category: One Minute Massacres: A Historical Archive Project
Sara Khwa (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Mar 2017
Date: 02/03/2017 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 2 Killed What Happened? 2 March 2017: A missile fired from a US drone targeted a motorcycle in the Sara Khwa area of Lower Kurram (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas). The attack is reported to have killed at least 2 people, a ‘Qari Abdullah…
Shaheedano Dand (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Feb 2016
Date: 22/02/2016 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 5+ Killed, 4+ Injured What Happened? 22 February 2016: A US drone missile struck a mud house in the Shaheedano Dand area of the lower Kurram Agency in Pakistan. The attack is reported to have killed at least 5 people and injured at least…
Shabak (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Mar 2015
Date: 18/03/2015 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 3 killed What Happened? 18 March 2015: A US drone missile struck a militant position in the Shabak area of the Kurram Agency (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas). Pakistani intelligence confirmed the dead to include Khawrey Mehsud, a commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),…
Moulana Sami Ul Haq Assassination – Nov 2018
Date: 02/11/2018 Location: Rawalpindi, Pakistan Perpetrators: Unknown Victims: 1 Martyred What Happened? 2 November 2018: An unknown assailant attacked Moulana Sami Ul Haq, chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania, at his residence in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was declared dead upon arrival at a hospital, attributed to severe blood loss from knife stabs. To date (Aug 2025),…
Khalil Ul Rehman Haqqani Assassination – Dec 2024
Date: 11/12/2024 Location: Kabul, Afghanistan Perpetrators: ISIS-K Victims: 7 killed What Happened? 11 December 2024: The Afghanistan Minister of Refugees, Khalil Ul Rehman Haqqani, was martyred in a suicide bomb attack at the Ministry of Refugees building in Kabul. The blast claimed six other lives. ISIS-K (Daesh) accepted responsibility for this attack through its media…
Moulana Hamid Ul Haq Assassination – Feb 2025
Date: 28/02/2025 Location: Akora Khattak, Nowshera, Pakistan Perpetrators: Unknown Victims: 6 killed, 18+ injured What Happened? 28 February 2025: A suicide bomber detonated and blew himself up at the exit of the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, targeting the Vice Chancellor Moulana Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, on his way home. Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani…
Zer Qamar (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 2 Killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: A car was targeted by a US drone missile (likely Predator) in the Zer Qamar area of Kurram Agency (FATA, Pakistan) near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At least two non-local Afghan nationals were killed in this attack. There…
Qamar Kalle (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 5+ Killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: A US drone missile (likely Predator) struck a house in the Qamar Kalle area of Kurram Agency (FATA, Pakistan). Local media reports 5 deaths from this attack; however, there is no confirmation on whether they were militants.…
Zarakai Mela (Kurram Agency) House Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 2-5 Killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: A US drone missile struck a home in the Zarakai Kamar Mela area of Kurram Agency (FATA, Pakistan). Local media reports that between 2 and 5 people were killed in the attack. Despite Western claims of killing…
Khardand (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 7 killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: US drone missiles struck a vehicle in the Khardand area of the Kurram Agency (One of Pakistan’s seven federally administered tribal areas). The first missile is reported to have killed at least 5 people. A double-tap missile…