Haider Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Jan 2011
Date: 12/01/2011
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 6 Killed, 9 Injured
What Happened?
12 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Haider Khel area of Mirali Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0715 hours. The house reportedly belonged to a local Zafar Khan, who was alleged to have links to Hafiz Gul Bahadur. The attack is said to have killed six ‘suspected militants’.
A document published years later by FATA officials alleges that 03 Turkmens were killed in this attack, however it is unclear if they were militants or civilians.
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