Haider Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jun 2010
Date: 19/06/2010
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 17 Killed, 18 Injured
What Happened?
19 June 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and an alleged ‘local water plant’ in the Haider Khel area of Mirali. The house reportedly belonged to a local man Mir Shareef. This is a high-casualty attack that is reported to have killed and injured dozens of militants of the Islamic Jihad Union.
A local news agency, TheNews, interviewed a militant commander from this faction who acknowledged the casualties to be militants.
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