Tag: Civilian targets
New Adda Bazar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Mar 2010
What Happened? 10 March 2010: A U.S. drone struck a combined house and a car in the New Adda Bazar area of North Waziristan. The CIA alleged that it had targeted militants of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, however there has never been an independent inquiry on the nature of the casualties. A double-tap strike…
Danda Darpa Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VI – Feb 2010
What Happened? 24 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house locally known as ‘Badar Markaz’. The Chinese newspaper Xinhua cited a local source saying that none of the casualties were militants, but were locals and civilians. A local photo journalist, Noor Behram, reported that a 10-year-old girl was killed in her home from…
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…
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…
Sanzali (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2010
What Happened? 06 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house, described to be large and ‘fort-like’, in the Sanzali or Manza Ghandakai area of Datta Khel in North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had targeted suspected militants belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the Taliban. The attack is reported…
Machi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Dec 2009
What Happened? 31 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Machi Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The house belonged to a local journalist named Karim Khan. The CIA alleged that it had killed Al Qaeda militants, however the casualties were civilians and children including Khan’s 17-year-old son, Khan’s schoolteacher brother,…
Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Massacre – Dec 2009
What Happened? 26 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a family home where a feast was taking place in the Saidgi area of Datta Khel Tehsil in North Waziristan Agency. A local photo journalist, Noor Behram, found that the dead included six people of a single family. Both Taliban and Pakistan’s military intelligence claimed…
Ambar Shaga (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2009
What Happened? 17 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted the village of Ambar Shaga in North Waziristan Agency, destroying at least two homes and two cars. The CIA alleged the death of multiple Al Qaeda and Haqqani Network operatives. Later investigations revealed that at least 6 of the dead were civilians, while suggesting that…
Aziz Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2009
What Happened? 20 November 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house belonging to a local named Gandak, that the CIA alleged was a training compound in the Aziz Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had killed up to 14 militants in this attack, however the precise number of casualties…
Danda Darpa Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Sep 2009
What Happened? 24 September 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and nearby area in the Danda Darpa Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The house belonged to a local named Ahmed Afghani, who the CIA alleged was part of the Haqqani Network. Some 10 – 12 people were killed in this attack, who…