Tappi Ghundikala (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Aug 2008
Date: 31/08/2008
Location: North Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 11 Killed (4 children, 9 civilians), 8 Injured (8 civilians)
What Happened?
31 August 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a house in the village of Tappi near Miranshah in North Waziristan. The house belonged to either Nasir Dawar or Sawar Khan Dawar.
At least 9 civilians, including 5 women and 4 children were killed. A local schoolteacher Raees Khan’s family was among those killed.
CIA alleged that 2 Al Qaeda militants had been killed in this attack, while claiming that no civilians or children had been killed.
This is an undocumented attack and needs independent verification.
Sources: AFP, AP, Express, Dawn, CIA.
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