Tag: Documented
Dand Patan (Paktia) Drone Attack – Oct 2017
What Happened? 17 October 2010: A U.S. drone missile struck an unknown structure in Dand Patan area of Paktia Province in Afghanistan. The attack is reported to have killed 6 ‘suspected militants’ and plumes of smoke were reported by eyewitnesses from Pakistan’s Kharlachi area. Local sources report that the commander of the militant group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar…
Bakh Mary Langara (S. Waziristan Agency) Drone Attack – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 6 killed, 7 injured What Happened? 23 June 2009: A U.S. missile drone struck a bunker in the Bakh Mary Langara area of the South Waziristan Agency. Taliban sources confirmed that the attack killed their local commander, Khog Wali. 5 other militants were…
Shabak (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Mar 2015
Date: 18/03/2015 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 3 killed What Happened? 18 March 2015: A US drone missile struck a militant position in the Shabak area of the Kurram Agency (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas). Pakistani intelligence confirmed the dead to include Khawrey Mehsud, a commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),…