Kaza Ponga (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2008
Date: 11/12/2008
Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 6 Killed
What Happened?
11 December 2008: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and adjacent Madrassa / school in the Sirki Khel area of Kaza Ponga near Azam Warsak in South Waziristan Agency.
CIA alleged that 6 militants were killed. The villagers and eyewitnesses reported that all those killed in this drone attacks were civilians, including a prominent local scholar Maulana Sheikh Hakim Khan.
This drone attack needs further independent verification of the casualties before it can be considered documented.
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