Tag: High casualties
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,…
Damodola Strike (Bajaur Agency) – Jan 2006
Date: 15/01/2006 Location: Bajaur Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 18+ killed, mostly women and children What Happened? 15 January 2006: A US drone missile struck the Damodola village in Bajaur Agency (Pakistan’s federally administered tribal areas), killing at least 18 people. Local media confirmed that five women and four children were among the…
Narai Baba (Khyber Agency) Bombing – Dec 2010
Date: 17/12/2010 Location: Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 15+ killed What Happened? 17 December 2010: The last of a series of US drone strikes into Pakistan struck the village of Narai Baba, located deep in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency (federally administered tribal areas). The impact is said to have killed…
Tirah Valley (Khyber Agency) Car Bombing – Dec 2010
Date: 17/12/2010 Location: Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 7 killed, 9 wounded What Happened? 17 December 2010: The first of a chain of drone strikes struck two moving vehicles in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Agency (FATA, Pakistan). Western intelligence claimed that all victims were “suspected militants.” However, there is no independent verification of…
Speen Drand (Khyber Agency) Drone Strike 2 – Dec 2010
Date: 17/12/2010 Location: Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 38+ killed What Happened? 17 December 2010: A drone missile struck a gathering in the area of Speen Drand in Khyber Agency (FATA). Western intelligence asserts that all casualties were militants. However, there is no known official or local documentation of the casualties so…
Chenagai School Strike (Bajaur Agency) – Oct 2006
Date: 30/10/2006 Location: Chenagai, Bajaur Agency, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 80+ killed, mostly children What Happened? 30 October 2006: Missiles fired from MQ-1 Predator drones struck a madrassa in the Chenagai district of Bajaur Agency (then-Federally administered by Islamabad). The massacre happened in the early hours of the morning, when the school was about…