Tag: High casualties
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…
Makin (S. Waziristan Agency) Funeral Drone Massacre – Jun 2009
Date: 23/06/2009 Location: South Waziristan Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 84+ killed, 150+ wounded What Happened? 23 June 2009: At least 3 US drone missiles struck a funeral procession in the Makin area of the South Waziristan agency. The resulting explosion led to a mass-casualty massacre, killing at least 84 people and leaving…
Moulana Hamid Ul Haq Assassination – Feb 2025
Date: 28/02/2025 Location: Akora Khattak, Nowshera, Pakistan Perpetrators: Unknown Victims: 6 killed, 18+ injured What Happened? 28 February 2025: A suicide bomber detonated and blew himself up at the exit of the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, targeting the Vice Chancellor Moulana Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani, on his way home. Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani…
Safad Bus Attack – Feb 1948
Date: 12/02/1948 Location: Al-Nabi Yusha, Safad Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 5 Arabs Killed, 5 Injured What Happened? 12 February 1948: At 8 am on the morning of February 12, 1948, a bomb was electronically detonated under a bus en route from al Hula to Safad on the Nabi Yusha-Safad (2026) road and ambushed by Zionist forces.…
Sarafand Al-Amar Raid – Apr 1948
Date: 05/04/1948 Location: Ramle Perpetrators: Haganah Victims: 16+ Killed, 20+ Injured What Happened? 05 April 1948: A Haganah paramilitary force invaded the Palestinian Arab town of Sarafand al-Ammar, destroying a building, killing at least 16 Palestinian Arabs and wounding 20 more in the process. The Haganah believed the former Sarafand College, turned British Army staff…
Burjo Village (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Mar 2009
Date: 12/03/2009 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 24+ killed, 50+ injured What Happened? 12 March 2009: US drone missiles struck the Burjo Village in the Kurram Agency, leaving it in ruins. A now-lost report from Pakistan’s Dawn places the death toll at 24+ killed and 50+ injured. No independent, official, or…
Bagan Village (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Feb 2009
Date: 16/02/2009 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 30+ killed What Happened? 16 February 2009: US drone missiles struck a home in Bagan Village in the Kurram Agency (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas), killing at least 30 people. Western media reported this attack to be on a “Taliban training camp”, although no…
Salala Checkpoint Helicopter Attack (Mohmand Agency) – Nov 2011
Date: 26/11/2011 Location: Mohmand Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States / ISAF Victims: 28 Pakistani soldiers killed, 11+ injured What Happened? 26 November 2011: 28 soldiers of the Frontier Corps, Pakistan’s paramilitary force responsible for patrolling its borders with Afghanistan and Iran, were killed and 11+ injured after a United States / ISAF helicopter opened…
Damodola Strike 3 (Bajaur Agency) – Oct 2009
Date: 24/10/2009 Location: Bajaur Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 27+ killed What Happened? 24 October 2009: US drone missiles struck the village of Damodola in the Bajaur Agency (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas) for the third time in three years. Western media reported that all casualties were Taliban or militants. The family members…
Damodola Strike 2 (Bajaur Agency) – May 2008
Date: 15/05/2008 Location: Bajaur Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 15+ killed What Happened? 15 May 2008: US drone missiles struck a home in the village of Damodola, killing at least 15 people. Amongst the dead was Abu Suleiman al-Jazairi, an Algerian militant whose death was confirmed by local media and Pakistani intelligence. However,…