What Happened?

22 May 2007: A leaked U.S. intelligence document in 2013 reported of a 2007 drone attack that struck an alleged ‘military training camp’ in the Zargar Khel area of North Waziristan. While the CIA claimed that the attack had killed militants, local eyewitnesses at the time disputed that those killed were locals and non-militants.

Below is one such reporting from The News of that time.

“The bodies of the four men were flown in a helicopter to Miranshah. Those who saw the bodies said they were young men aged 15 to 20 years. Tribesmen who identified them said three of them were from Paryat village, sited close to Zargarkhel where the military operation was conducted, while the fourth was from Dattakhel. The bodies were later taken to Paryat and Dattakhel for burial. Subsequently, another report said three of the dead were from Khyber Agency and the fourth was from Bajaur Agency. None of these reports were confirmed by any independent source.”

Sources: TheNews, Reuters, Deutsche Presse Agentur

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