Tag: Children targets
Ganki Khel (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike III – Jan 2009
What Happened? 23 January 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Ganki Khel area of Wana in South Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had killed militants in this attack. The house reportedly belonged to a civilian named Malik Gulistan Khan. Khan, a civilian, was killed along with three sons (including…
Zeraki (N. Waziristan) Drone Massacre – Jan 2009
What Happened? 23 January 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Zeraki area of Mirali in North Waziristan Agency. The house reportedly belonged to a civilian Khalil Khan Dawar where a family meeting was taking place. While the CIA claimed to have killed five Al-Qaeda militants in the attack, fieldwork by a…
Kaza Ponga (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2008
What Happened? 11 December 2008: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and adjacent Madrassa / school in the Sirki Khel area of Kaza Ponga near Azam Warsak in South Waziristan Agency. CIA alleged that 6 militants were killed. The villagers and eyewitnesses reported that all those killed in this drone attacks were civilians, including…
Chashma Miranshah (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2008
What Happened? 29 November 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a home next to a market in the Chashma area of Miranshah. The house is reported to have belonged to a local named Professor Taj Muhammad. Locals from the area reported that 3 civilians were killed, including possibly two children. An injured man named Adnan…
Danda Darpakhel (N. Waziristan) School Massacre – Oct 2008
What Happened? 23 October 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a school in the Danda Darpakhel area of Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that the school was linked to the Haqqani Network and that dead were militants. Local eyewitness reports from that time state that the attack mostly killed children between 12…
Tappi Ghundikala (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Oct 2008
What Happened? 09 October 2008: A U.S. drone missile targeted a home in the Ghundi Kala area of North Waziristan. Local security officials alleged that the attack targeted a gathering of 30 Al-Qaeda and Taliban commanders, and that it killed 4-6 Arab militants. There were also reports of at least two women and children being…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Massacre – Oct 2008
What Happened? 03 October 2008: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck the town of Muhammad Khel in North Waziristan Agency. The attack is reported to have killed at least 21 people by some news agencies. A local paper, Dawn, reported that 14 local people were buried after the attack. The dead included: Abdur Rehman, three sons…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Airstrike – Oct 2008
What Happened? 03 October 2008: An alleged NATO airstrike targeted two houses in the Muhammad Khel area of North Waziristan. The attack is reported by international media to have killed two civilians and a child. Little other information is known about this attack. The identities of the victims are not yet known, making this an…
Musa Nika (S. Waziristan) Ground Attack – Sep 2008
What Happened? 30 September 2009: An alleged ‘ground attack’ by NATO forces into Pakistani territory targeted the Musa Nika village near Angoor Ada in South Waziristan Agency. An official report by the FATA Secretariat in Islamabad alleges that the attack killed 20 civilians, including women and children. No other local or international media coverage for…
Tol Khel School (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Sep 2008
What Happened? 12 September 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a former school in the Tol Khel area of Miranshah in the North Waziristan Agency. A report from an Urdu newspaper notes that 12 members of one family were killed in this attack, while many more were injured. CIA alleged that the attack had killed…