Khara Tanga (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2014
Date: 07/12/2014
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 6 Killed, 2 Injured
What Happened?
07 December 2014: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and car in the Khara Tanga area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly began at around 0600 hours. Between four to six people were reportedly killed. Media reports alleged the dead to be militants of either Al Qaeda or Hafiz Gul Bahadur group.
Reuters reported that an alleged senior Al Qaeda leader, Ustad Farooq, was killed in this attack. However, the Pakistani military issued a contradiction stating that there was no U.S. drone attack on this day at all, as per CNN. These contradictions leave this U.S. drone strike undocumented.
Sources: Reuters, CNN, Fox News, Dawn
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