Tag: Civilian targets
Zamozola Shaktoi (S. Waziristan) Air Strike – Jan 2007
What Happened? 16 January 2007: A U.S. drone missile struck a home in the Zamozola area of Shaktoi in South Waziristan. The drone attack killed at least 7 civilians and 1 child. Eyewitness testimony shows that those killed were local woodcutters. An eyewitness spoke to the Pakistani The News shortly after the attack: “I spoke…
Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Helicopter Raid – Jan 2006
What Happened? 06 January 2006: A pair of U.S. gunships attacked a home in Saidgi Area of Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal agency. At least 2 children and 2 women are reported to have been killed in this raid. Three alleged militants were also killed in this attack. An eyewitness reported having seen several U.S. soldiers,…
Khaisori (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2005
What Happened? 01 December 2005: A U.S. drone-launched hellfire missile struck a house in the North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas. The attack killed at least two children and one woman, along with Abu Hamza Rabia and two men who were alleged by the CIA to be militants. This was the second…
Musakki (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2005
What Happened? 05 November 2005: A U.S. drone missile struck the house of a Abu Hamza Rabia in the Musakki area (outside Mir Ali) in North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan. Rabia was an Al-Qaeda leader of Egyptian origin, widely considered to be Al-Qaeda’s third-in-command. Rabia was only injured in this attack, but his wife and…
Makin (S. Waziristan Agency) Funeral Drone Massacre – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 84+ killed, 150+ wounded What Happened? 23 June 2009: At least 3 US drone missiles struck a funeral procession in the Makin area of the South Waziristan agency. The resulting explosion led to a mass-casualty massacre, killing at least 84 people and leaving…
Moulana Sami Ul Haq Assassination – Nov 2018
Date: 02/11/2018 Location: Rawalpindi, Pakistan Perpetrators: Unknown Victims: 1 Martyred What Happened? 2 November 2018: An unknown assailant attacked Moulana Sami Ul Haq, chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania, at his residence in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was declared dead upon arrival at a hospital, attributed to severe blood loss from knife stabs. To date (Aug 2025),…
Ministry of Refugees Bombing – Dec 2024
Date: 11/12/2024 Location: Kabul, Afghanistan Perpetrators: ISIS-K Victims: 7 killed What Happened? 11 December 2024: The Afghanistan Minister of Refugees, Khalil Ul Rehman Haqqani, was martyred in a suicide bomb attack at the Ministry of Refugees building in Kabul. The blast claimed six other lives. ISIS-K (Daesh) accepted responsibility for this attack through its media…
Dar Ul-Uloom Haqqania Bombing – Feb 2025
Date: 28/02/2025 Location: Akora Khattak, Nowshera, Pakistan Perpetrators: Unknown Victims: 6 killed, 18+ injured What Happened? 28 February 2025: A suicide bomber detonated and blew himself up at the exit of the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, targeting the Vice Chancellor Moulana Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, on his way home. Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani…
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…
Safad Bus Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 12/02/1948 Location: Al-Nabi Yusha, Safad Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 5 Arabs Killed, 5 Injured What Happened? 12 February 1948: At 8 am on the morning of February 12, 1948, a bomb was electronically detonated under a bus en route from al Hula to Safad on the Nabi Yusha-Safad (2026) road and ambushed by Zionist forces.…