Tag: Documented
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike targeted rescuers that dug through the rubble of an earlier drone strike in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0915 hours, an hour after the initial drone strike. An investigation by the Associated Press in 2012 used…
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and a car in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0815 hours. Media reports alleged that up to 9 ‘suspected militants’ belonging to the Taliban’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction were killed. An investigation by…
Qutab Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Sep 2010
What Happened? 14 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike at 1830 hours destroyed a car in the Qutab Khel area of Miranshah. Media reports alleged that Haqqani Network militants were targeted, an allegation that was later confirmed. The Express Tribune confirmed that Saifullah Haqqani, a close relative of the network’s leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, was among…
Danda Darpa Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack XI – Sep 2010
What Happened? 08 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed two houses in the Danda Darpa Khel area of Miranshah. The house belonged to a local man Din Muhammad. Four children, two girls and two boys, were killed in this attack. An adjacent house that reportedly had Haqqani Network militants was also destroyed. The U.S.…
Haider Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jun 2010
What Happened? 19 June 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and an alleged ‘local water plant’ in the Haider Khel area of Mirali. The house reportedly belonged to a local man Mir Shareef. This is a high-casualty attack that is reported to have killed and injured dozens of militants of the Islamic Jihad…
Naurak (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Jun 2010
What Happened? 10 June 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Naurak area of North Waziristan. The house belonged to a local civilian, Saeed Kamal. This drone attack was brought up by Pakistani civil rights groups to the United Nations Human Rights Council for civilian deaths. Eyewitness and local testimony presented to…
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.…
Tabi Tol Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Feb 2010
What Happened? 17 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted the house of a local man Sakhi Badshah in the Tapi Tool Khel area in Miranshah. The CIA alleged that it had targeted an Al Qaeda commander by the name of Sheikh Mansoor. Data published years later by FATA officials in a secret document confirms…
Naurak (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Feb 2010
What Happened? 14 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Naurak area of North Waziristan Agency. The house reportedly belonged to a local man Khanadan Khan Dawar. It was alleged by Western media that all casualties were militants. Data published by FATA officials years later alleges that this attack had targeted…
Ismail Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2010
What Happened? 09 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Ismail Khel area of Datta Khel tehsil in North Waziristan. At least two missiles were fired, killing at least 4 people and leaving 5 injured. An Al-Qaeda militant named Mansur Al Shami was killed, whose death was confirmed by his brother…