Painda Khel Tiarza (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jul 2009
Date: 10/07/2009
Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 5 Killed, 3 Injured
What Happened?
10 July 2009: A U.S. drone attack targeted an alleged ‘Taliban communication centre’ in the Painda Khel village of Tiarza Tehsil in South Waziristan Agency. The attack is reported to have killed 5 people, while leaving 3 injured.
Little other information or independent confirmation is available about this strike, however a FATA document released years later corroborates that this attack targeted a ‘communication centre of TTP’.
Sources: New York Times, Reuters
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