Tag: Drone attack
Danda Darpa Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – November 2007
What Happened? 2 November 2007: Two U.S. drone missiles struck an alleged ‘compound’ in the Danda Darpa Khel area of Miranshah, North Waziristan Agency’s capital. The ‘compound’ was located close to a religious madrassa with links to the Haqqani Network. A report from a Pakistani news agency, Dawn indicates that those killed were militants related…
Mami Rogha (N. Waziristan) School Massacre – Jun 2007
What Happened? 19 June 2007: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck a school and adjoining homes in the Mami Rogha area of North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan. The attack is reported to have killed 34+ people. A prominent local journalist, Rahimullah Yousafzai, was cited by the Washington Post as an eyewitness to the attack. Yousafzai testified…
Zarghar Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – May 2007
What Happened? 22 May 2007: A leaked U.S. intelligence document in 2013 reported of a 2007 drone attack that struck an alleged ‘military training camp’ in the Zargar Khel area of North Waziristan. While the CIA claimed that the attack had killed militants, local eyewitnesses at the time disputed that those killed were locals and…
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…
Tori Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – May 2005
What Happened? 08 May 2005: A U.S. drone missile targeted a car in the North Waziristan Agency of Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas. The victims included Haitham Al-Yemeni, an al-Qaeda leader connected to Osama Bin Laden, and an aide named Sami Ullah Khan. This is the first known U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan Agency.…
Wana (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack I – Jun 2004
What Happened? 18 June 2005: A U.S. drone missile struck a house in a hamlet of Shah Nawaz Kot in the South Waziristan Agency of Pakistan’s federally administered tribal area (FATA). The attack is reported to have killed a Nek Muhammad and four of his companions. Nek was an Afghan militant with ties to the…
Mamozai (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jan 2018
What Happened? 24 January 2018: US drone missiles struck an Afghan refugee camp in the Speen Thal Dapa Mamozai area of Kurram Agency. The Pakistani Foreign Office (FO) issued a statement condemning the strike “carried out by the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) this morning, which targeted an Afghan refugee camp” Despite targeting a refugee camp,…
Ghoz Garhi II (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Nov 2017
What Happened? 30 November 2017: A US drone missile struck a house in the Ghoz Garhi area of Upper Kurram, killing at least four people. Pakistani intelligence officials said that two missiles were dropped on a compound, killing four people including a Haqqani Network commander, Abdur Rasheed Haqqani. References Reuters. (2017). Suspected U.S. drone targets…
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…