Tag: Car Target
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack V – Mar 2010
What Happened? 16 March 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a convoy of two cars in the Muhammad Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. A Western news agency, Newsweek, published the testimony of the militant survivors of this attack. This attack is considered documented based on the contents of this testimony as all militant casualties.…
Ghundi Kala (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Feb 2010
What Happened? 15 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car in the Ghundi Kala area of North Waziristan. It was alleged that this attack had targeted the East Turkestan Islamic Group, an Al Qaeda aligned militant faction that focused on China. There is no independent information on the nature of casualties. Source: Xinhua,…
Pai Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Feb 2010
What Happened? 02 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted multiple cars in the Pai Khel area of North Waziristan, minutes after destroying multiple houses in the nearby towns of Degan and Muhammad Khel. It was alleged that all the casualties were militants. Eyewitnesses reported that the targeted cars did not belong to militants, which…
Degan (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2010
What Happened? 19 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and a vehicle parked outside in in the Degan area of North Waziristan. It was alleged that all the casualties were militants. Data published years later by FATA officials instead claimed that this attack had killed 9 locals, leaving this attack undocumented for…
Tappi Ghundikala (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Jan 2010
What Happened? 08 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car that allegedly belonged to militants of the Taliban’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction. Western media reported that two foreigners and three locals were killed in this attack. The Pakistani lawyer Barrister Shahzad Akbar alleged that the casualties were exclusively civilians, identifying them as Akbar…
Musakki (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2010
What Happened? 03 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and a car in the Musakki area of North Waziristan Agency. The house is reported to have belonged to a local man named Jana Roz. The CIA and local military intelligence alleged that the strike had killed at least 3 foreign and 2…
Mubarak Shahi (N. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Jan 2010
What Happened? 01 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car parked outside a house in the Mubarak Shahi area of North Waziristan Agency. It is alleged that 3 people were killed and 4 were left injured, however there is no confirmation on if whether these casualties were militants or civilians. Given the absence…
Datta Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2009
What Happened? 17 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car at 0400 hours in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The attack is reported to have damaged nearby homes and a mosque. No information is present about the nature of casualties, although it is alleged that two militants were killed. This…
Spalaga (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Dec 2009
What Happened? 08 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a ‘private’ car in the Spalaga area of North Waziristan. There has never been any documentation of the victims, although the CIA alleged that it had targeted the Al Qaeda operative Saleh Al-Somali. Data compiled by the FATA administration claims that three local people were…
Machi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Sep 2009
What Happened? 07 September 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a car and residential homes in the Machi Khel area of Mirali in North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had targeted and killed the Al Qaeda leader, Ilyas Kashmiri, who was not present at the site and was not killed until June 2011.…