Tag: Frontier Regions
Jani Khel (FR Bannu) Drone Attack III – Mar 2009
What Happened? 15 March 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Frontier Region Bannu region of Pakistan. This was the third time that mainland Pakistan outside the tribal agencies had been targeted in a drone strike. The targeted house belonged to a man named Haji Owais. It was alleged that the attack…
Jani Khel (FR Bannu) Drone Attack II – Nov 2008
What Happened? 19 November 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a house in the Jani Khel area of Bannu (then a Frontier Region of Pakistan). Between 3 to 6 people were killed in this attack, including 7 injured. The US Embassy in Islamabad alleged that the attack targeted the so-called Quetta Shura, a council of…
Jani Khel (FR Bannu) Drone Attack – Dec 2007
What Happened? 03 December 2007: A highly targeted U.S. drone missile struck the location of Egyptian Al-Qaeda leader Sheikh Issa Al-Misri in the Jani Khel area of Frontier Region Bannu. It was reported that Misri was only injured in this attack. This attack was never reported on any local or international media. The existence of…