Tag: High casualties
Surgomai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – May 2010
What Happened? 11 May 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted the Surgomai or Gurwak village in Datta Khel Tehsil. It was alleged that the CIA had targeted a suspected militant hideout that belonged to a militant commander Moulvi Sadiq Noor. Data published by FATA officials indicate that 8 local people were killed in this attack.…
Inzarkas (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – May 2010
What Happened? 11 May 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted the village of Inzar Kas or Kazha Madda Khel in Datta Khel Tehsil. A drone strike at a nearby village two days earlier had killed at least four civilians. The official narrative was that the CIA had targeted a hideout of suspected militants. An anonymous…
Boya Kalay (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Apr 2010
What Happened? 12 April 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house belonging to a local man Tariq Khan in the Boya Kalay area of North Waziristan. CIA alleged Tariq Khan to be a militant commander, however local testimony collected shortly after the attack identified all the casualties as a family. Locals, including a man…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack V – Mar 2010
What Happened? 16 March 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a convoy of two cars in the Muhammad Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. A Western news agency, Newsweek, published the testimony of the militant survivors of this attack. This attack is considered documented based on the contents of this testimony as all militant casualties.…
New Adda Bazar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Mar 2010
What Happened? 10 March 2010: A U.S. drone struck a combined house and a car in the New Adda Bazar area of North Waziristan. The CIA alleged that it had targeted militants of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, however there has never been an independent inquiry on the nature of the casualties. A double-tap strike…
Danda Darpa Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VI – Feb 2010
What Happened? 24 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house locally known as ‘Badar Markaz’. The Chinese newspaper Xinhua cited a local source saying that none of the casualties were militants, but were locals and civilians. A local photo journalist, Noor Behram, reported that a 10-year-old girl was killed in her home from…
Degan (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Feb 2010
What Happened? 02 February 2010: A mass cluster of U.S. drones targeted the entire towns of Degan and nearby Muhammad Khel, striking multiple houses and creating a mass-casualty event. It was alleged that some 24 militants had been killed, however there has never been any independent confirmation of these casualties. A documented published years later…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Jan 2010
What Happened? 29 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted an unknown house in the Muhammad Khel area of North Waziristan. While it is alleged that up to 15 militants were killed in this attack, there is no independent confirmation available about the casualties. Data published by FATA officials years later alleged that this attack…
Shaktoi (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack IV – Jan 2010
What Happened? 17 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Shaktoi area of North Waziristan, the fourth time in a single week. The house was reported to belong to either a Pir Gul or Usama Jan, both allegedly militant commanders. A local military intelligence official claimed that this attack had killed…
Shaktoi (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Jan 2010
What Happened? 15 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted an unknown house in the Shaktoi area of North Waziristan, some short hours after two earlier drone attacks that killed dozens of people. The CIA alleged that it had successfully targeted and killed Taliban commanders Azmatullah Mawiya and Qari Hussein, however both commanders were later…