Dre Nishtar (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – May 2009
Date: 12/05/2009
Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 9 Killed, 5 Injured
What Happened?
12 May 2009: At least 4 U.S. drone missiles struck a house in the Kabul Khel and Dre Nishtar area of Sara Khawara in South Waziristan Agency. It was alleged that at least 8 militants were killed in this attack.
A local is said to have seen Taliban fighters digging out 9 bodies from the rubble. There is no independent documentation of the casualties and it is unknown if whether the house belonged to a family or was a training facility used by militants, making this entry undocumented.
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