Tag: Car Target
Khaisori (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Mar 2011
What Happened? 11 March 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Khaisori area of Mirali Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 1715 hours. Some media reports suggest that a nearby house was also struck. This attack happened in two waves of missiles. The first missile targeted a moving car that reportedly…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VII – Feb 2011
What Happened? 24 February 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car and house in the Muhammad Khel area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at 1900 hours. News sources reported that seven people were killed, including two Turkmen militants. Data published years later by FATA officials places the death count at 4,…
Razmak (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 23 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a moving car in the Razmak area of North Waziristan. This attack happened at around 0735 hours. Initial media reports alleged that 6 ‘suspected militants’ had been killed. A stray missile is reported to have destroyed a nearby house. Subsequent reporting from the city showed…
Khar Qamar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 23 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a motorcycle in the Khar Qamar area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 1210 hours. Media reports alleged that two ‘suspected militants’ were killed in this attack. Data published by FATA officials years later indicates a death toll of two people,…
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…
Stanai Bangidar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2010
What Happened? 31 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Stangai Algad or Bangidar area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1745 hours. Media reports allege that ‘suspected militants’, who had recently returned from a raid were targeted. An anonymous Pakistani security official is quoted saying that the…
Stanai Algad (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Dec 2010
What Happened? 28 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike fired more than 6 missiles on a convoy of two cars in the Stanai Algad / Sherkhel area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1628 hours. The struck targets were apparently the victims of two earlier drone strikes on the same building. The…
Machi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack V – Dec 2010
What Happened? 27 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Machi Khel area of Mirali. It is not yet known at what time this attack happened. A local newspaper, Dawn, quoted an anonymous security official as saying that the victims were Pakistanis, rather than Arab fighters. This greatly increases the likelihood…
Shera Tala (N. Waziristan) Massacre – Dec 2010
What Happened? 27 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed two vehicles in either the Shera Tala or Wach Narai area of Mirali. This attack happened at around 0955 hours. Media reports indicated that multiple local Taliban commanders, including Fazal Amin, Qari Ahsanullah, Qari Muneeb, and Zahid Mendev. Data published by FATA officials years later…