Archives: Massacres
Khar Qamar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 23 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a motorcycle in the Khar Qamar area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 1210 hours. Media reports alleged that two ‘suspected militants’ were killed in this attack. Data published by FATA officials years later indicates a death toll of two people,…
Doga Mada Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 23 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a ‘state’ car in the Doga Mada Khel area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 0630 hours. Media reports describe the car to have been parked. The U.S. missile is reportedly to have badly damaged a nearby house as well. It…
Assar Madda Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 18 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Assar Madda Khel or Dashgah area of Datta Khel Tehsil. The attack reportedly occurred at around 2105 hours. Media reports only allege that ‘suspected militants’ were killed in this attack. Data published years later by FATA officials alleges that all casualties…
Haider Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Jan 2011
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…
Ghazlamai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 07 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house, a car, and a motorbike in the Ghazlamai area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly happened at around 1320 hours. Media reports contradict on if whether a motorbike was destroyed too, where Geo TV reported that a ‘suspected militant’ fleeing on a…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VI – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a moving ‘state car’ in the Daur village of Muhammad Khel in Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1740 hours. Media reports alleged that between 04 to 05 ‘suspected militants’ had been killed. Data published years later by FATA officials allege that a…
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike targeted rescuers that dug through the rubble of an earlier drone strike in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0915 hours, an hour after the initial drone strike. An investigation by the Associated Press in 2012 used…
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and a car in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0815 hours. Media reports alleged that up to 9 ‘suspected militants’ belonging to the Taliban’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction were killed. An investigation by…
Stanai Bangidar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2010
What Happened? 31 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Stangai Algad or Bangidar area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1745 hours. Media reports allege that ‘suspected militants’, who had recently returned from a raid were targeted. An anonymous Pakistani security official is quoted saying that the…
Stanai Algad (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Dec 2010
What Happened? 28 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike fired more than 6 missiles on a convoy of two cars in the Stanai Algad / Sherkhel area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1628 hours. The struck targets were apparently the victims of two earlier drone strikes on the same building. The…