Tag: High casualties
Khaisori (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Mar 2011
What Happened? 11 March 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Khaisori area of Mirali Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 1715 hours. Some media reports suggest that a nearby house was also struck. This attack happened in two waves of missiles. The first missile targeted a moving car that reportedly…
Tappi (N. Waziristan) Massacre – Feb 2011
What Happened? 21 February 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed either one or multiple homes in the Tappi area of Mirali. This attack reportedly occurred at around 2125 hours. A local media source, The News, conducted interviews in the locality to learn that the casualties were civilians. “The villagers claimed all the victims were local…
Razmak (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 23 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a moving car in the Razmak area of North Waziristan. This attack happened at around 0735 hours. Initial media reports alleged that 6 ‘suspected militants’ had been killed. A stray missile is reported to have destroyed a nearby house. Subsequent reporting from the city showed…
Stanai Algad (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Dec 2010
What Happened? 28 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike fired more than 6 missiles on a convoy of two cars in the Stanai Algad / Sherkhel area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1628 hours. The struck targets were apparently the victims of two earlier drone strikes on the same building. The…
Ghulam Khan (N. Waziristan) Massacre – Nov 2010
What Happened? 16 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car and nearby house in the Ghulam Khan area. The exact time of this attack is unknown, but it is reported to have been done in the early hours of the morning. Media reports alleged that a Taliban training centre had been destroyed. Independent…
Miraki Hills (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2010
What Happened? 11 November 2010: A U.S. drone attack destroyed an unknown target in the Miraki Hills area of Gulak Khel Gurbaz in Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1425 hours. The nature of casualties from this attack has never been independently verified. Data from FATA officials published years later indicate that up…
Loli Faqiran (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2010
What Happened? 07 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and car in the Loli Faqiran Saidgi village of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1940 hours. Media reports allege that as many as nine people were killed in this attack, with some agencies reporting that the dead were local tribesmen,…
Sanzali (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Oct 2010
What Happened? 18 October 2010: A U.S. drone attack destroyed a house in the Kazha Madda Khel or Sanzali area of Datta Khel Tehsil. The attack occurred at around 2150 hours. Media reports initially alleged that all the casualties were ‘suspected militants’. An independent journalist, Noor Behram, visited the area shortly after the attack to…
Nawan Killi (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Oct 2010
What Happened? 13 October 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and a car in the Nawan Killi area of Kazha Madda Khel in North Waziristan. A triple-strike was reported by the locals. The first wave of drone missiles destroyed the house and the car, the casualties of which are reported as ‘suspected militants’.…
Miranshah (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Oct 2010
What Happened? 06 October 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a building in the Miranshah Bazar area around 1930 hours. Media reports allege that an Al Qaeda commander Muhammad Usman was killed and that up to six other militants perished. However, Muhammad Usman was clearly not killed in this attack as his death was claimed…