Sara Khwa (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Mar 2017
Date: 02/03/2017
Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 2 Killed
What Happened?
2 March 2017: A missile fired from a US drone targeted a motorcycle in the Sara Khwa area of Lower Kurram (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas). The attack is reported to have killed at least 2 people, a ‘Qari Abdullah Subari’ and ‘Shakir’.
Western intelligence claims that both men belonged to the Afghan Taliban.
However, there is no independent verification of the identities of those killed. Neither official records nor local testimony confirm who the casualties were, or whether they had any militant affiliations.
References
The Express Tribune / Reuters. (2017). Drone strike kills two in Kurram Agency. Retrieved from The Express Tribune.
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