Dand Patan (Paktia) Drone Attack – Oct 2017
Date: 17/10/2017
Location: Patan, Paktia, Afghanistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 6 Killed, 1+ Injured
What Happened?
17 October 2010: A U.S. drone missile struck an unknown structure in Dand Patan area of Paktia Province in Afghanistan. The attack is reported to have killed 6 ‘suspected militants’ and plumes of smoke were reported by eyewitnesses from Pakistan’s Kharlachi area.
Local sources report that the commander of the militant group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), Umar Khalid Khorasani aka Abdul Wali, was injured in this attack.
A day earlier, a U.S. drone attack had struck a madrassa in nearby Pakistan’s Kurram Agency.
References
Dawn. (2017). ‘TTP militants’ among six killed in US drone strike in Paktia. Retrieved from Dawn.
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