Archives: Massacres
Tor Tangai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jul 2018
What Happened? 04 July 2018: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Tor Tangai area, however the Tehsil of this locality is not known. It is presumably in either Shawal or Datta Khel. Pakistan Intelligence alleged the death of a local commander Qari Abdullah Dawar, belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group. No…
Gurwek (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack V – Feb 2018
What Happened? 08 February 2018: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Gurwek area of Shawal Tehsil. The timing of this attack is unknown. Media reports indicate that up to 11 ‘militants’ were killed, however there was no independent investigation to confirm the allegations. It was alleged that a Haqqani Network commander Qudrat…
Gurwek (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – May 2017
What Happened? 24 May 2017: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Gurwek area of Shawal Tehsil. The timing of this attack is unknown. A local paper, The Nation, alleged that the strike had killed Abdullah Kashmiri, a militant commander of an unknown faction. No other information is present about this attack and…
Zuwai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Apr 2017
What Happened? 26 April 2017: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Zuwai area of Datta Khel Tehsil. The timing of this attack is unknown. Pakistani officials denied having knowledge of this attack, and called it a probable U.S. drone attack. A spokesperson for the Pakistan Taliban, Malik Wahidullah, reported that three civilians…
Mangrotai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2016
What Happened? 09 January 2016: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Mangrotai area of Shawal Tehsil. The timing of this attack is unknown. Media reports alleged that a Pakistan Taliban commander Maulana Noor Saeed was killed in this attack, along with Uzbek militants. No other independently verified information is available about this…
Karwanda Manzarkhel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Sep 2015
What Happened? 01 September 2015: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Karwanda Manzarkhel area of Datta Khel Tehsil. Some other reports indicate the area to instead be the Lawara Banga area of Shawal Tehsil. This strike reportedly occurred at around 2300 hours. AP quoted Pakistani security officials as reporting that the premise…
Lawara Mandi (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Aug 2015
What Happened? 06 August 2015: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Lawara Mandi area of Datta Khel Tehsil. The timing of this attack is unknown. The News was not able to confirm the identities of the victims and they were instead referred to as ‘suspected militants’. No other credible information is known…
Shawal (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IX – Jun 2015
What Happened? 06 June 2015: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in either the Saidgi area of Shawal Tehsil, or Khawaja Qadar area of Datta Khel Tehsil. A report by The News alleged that up to 9 people were killed, including at least 3 women. Security officials indicated that many members of the armed…
Shawal (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VIII – June 2015
What Happened? 01 June 2015: A U.S. drone destroyed a moving car in an unknown area of Shawal Tehsil. Media reports alleged that four ‘suspected militants’ were killed. Anonymous security officials alleged that the victims were all foreigners. However, the victims of this attack were never identified. This U.S. drone attack is considered undocumented. Sources:…
Zoi Narai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – May 2015
What Happened? 18 May 2015: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and car in the Zoi Narai area of Shawal Tehsil. A report by The Express Tribune alleged that four people were killed, however their identities could not be verified. A further two were injured. Shawal Tehsil was completely inaccessible to foreign journalists at…