Tag: 2011
Ghazlamai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 07 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house, a car, and a motorbike in the Ghazlamai area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly happened at around 1320 hours. Media reports contradict on if whether a motorbike was destroyed too, where Geo TV reported that a ‘suspected militant’ fleeing on a…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VI – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a moving ‘state car’ in the Daur village of Muhammad Khel in Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1740 hours. Media reports alleged that between 04 to 05 ‘suspected militants’ had been killed. Data published years later by FATA officials allege that a…
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike targeted rescuers that dug through the rubble of an earlier drone strike in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0915 hours, an hour after the initial drone strike. An investigation by the Associated Press in 2012 used…
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and a car in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0815 hours. Media reports alleged that up to 9 ‘suspected militants’ belonging to the Taliban’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction were killed. An investigation by…
Zer Qamar (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 2 Killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: A car was targeted by a US drone missile (likely Predator) in the Zer Qamar area of Kurram Agency (FATA, Pakistan) near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. At least two non-local Afghan nationals were killed in this attack. There…
Qamar Kalle (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 5+ Killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: A US drone missile (likely Predator) struck a house in the Qamar Kalle area of Kurram Agency (FATA, Pakistan). Local media reports 5 deaths from this attack; however, there is no confirmation on whether they were militants.…
Zarakai Mela (Kurram Agency) House Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 2-5 Killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: A US drone missile struck a home in the Zarakai Kamar Mela area of Kurram Agency (FATA, Pakistan). Local media reports that between 2 and 5 people were killed in the attack. Despite Western claims of killing…
Khardand (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2011
Date: 20/06/2011 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 7 killed What Happened? 20 June 2011: US drone missiles struck a vehicle in the Khardand area of the Kurram Agency (One of Pakistan’s seven federally administered tribal areas). The first missile is reported to have killed at least 5 people. A double-tap missile…
Salala Checkpoint Helicopter Attack (Mohmand Agency) – Nov 2011
Date: 26/11/2011 Location: Mohmand Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States / ISAF Victims: 28 Pakistani soldiers killed, 11+ injured What Happened? 26 November 2011: 28 soldiers of the Frontier Corps, Pakistan’s paramilitary force responsible for patrolling its borders with Afghanistan and Iran, were killed and 11+ injured after a United States / ISAF helicopter opened…
Raymond Davis Killings – Jan 2011
Date: 27/01/2011 Location: Lahore, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 3 civilians killed What Happened? 27 January 2011: Armed with unlicensed weapons and living in unregistered safe houses, CIA agent Raymond Davis shot and killed two young men on a motorbike from inside his car. He then proceeded to trample through traffic to evade arrest from…