Danda Darpakhel Massacre (N. Waziristan) – Sep 2008
Date: 08/09/2008
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 23 Killed (7 children, 17 civilians), 25 Injured
What Happened?
08 September 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a school owned by Jalaludin Haqqani in the Danda Darpakhel area of North Waziristan Agency. The attack incurred a large number of civilian and child casualties, most of whom belonged to Jalaludin Haqqani’s family.
It is alleged that at least 12+ children were killed, along with 8+ women. An Al-Jazeera report states that most wounded were women and children, who were taken to Miranshah’s main hospital.
CIA alleged that the attack killed a large number of Al Qaeda and Haqqani Network operatives, however no independent verification is available for this claim. A secret FATA Secretariat document notes that all dead were civilians.
Sources: Al-Jazeera, FATA, NYT, Dawn.
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