Tirah Valley (Khyber Agency) Car Bombing – Dec 2010
Date: 17/12/2010
Location: Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States
Victims: 7 killed, 9 wounded
What Happened?
17 December 2010: The first of a chain of drone strikes struck two moving vehicles in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency (FATA, Pakistan). Western intelligence claimed that all victims were “suspected militants.”
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.
The names, ages, and civilian status of the victims remain undocumented.
Other drone attacks on this day: Speen Drand (Khyber Agency) Drone Strike 2 – Dec 2010 and Narai Baba (Khyber Agency) Bombing – Dec 2010.
References
Ahmed Nabi. (2010). 60 killed in deadliest drone hit. Retrieved from The Nation.
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