Tag: High casualties
Shaktoi (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2010
What Happened? 15 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Shaktoi area of North Waziristan Agency. This attack allegedly killed several Taliban or Al-Qaeda militants, however their identities have never been confirmed. Data compiled by FATA officials show that four local people and six foreigners were killed in this attack. Source:…
Shaktoi (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2010
What Happened? 14 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house belonging to a local man named Muhammad Yaqoob in the Shaktoi area of Waziristan. This attack took place on an alleged Taliban training camp where at least 18 militants are said to have been killed. There is no other information present about the…
Sanzali (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2010
What Happened? 06 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house, described to be large and ‘fort-like’, in the Sanzali or Manza Ghandakai area of Datta Khel in North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had targeted suspected militants belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the Taliban. The attack is reported…
Musakki (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jan 2010
What Happened? 03 January 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and a car in the Musakki area of North Waziristan Agency. The house is reported to have belonged to a local man named Jana Roz. The CIA and local military intelligence alleged that the strike had killed at least 3 foreign and 2…
Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Massacre – Dec 2009
What Happened? 26 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a family home where a feast was taking place in the Saidgi area of Datta Khel Tehsil in North Waziristan Agency. A local photo journalist, Noor Behram, found that the dead included six people of a single family. Both Taliban and Pakistan’s military intelligence claimed…
Pai Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Dec 2009
What Happened? 18 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a funeral service for the victims of an earlier U.S. drone attack in the Pai Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The victims had been killed a day earlier in a drone attack on nearby Ambar Shaga, a day earlier. Independent reports from that time…
Ambar Shaga (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2009
What Happened? 17 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted the village of Ambar Shaga in North Waziristan Agency, destroying at least two homes and two cars. The CIA alleged the death of multiple Al Qaeda and Haqqani Network operatives. Later investigations revealed that at least 6 of the dead were civilians, while suggesting that…
Ladha (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2009
What Happened? 10 December 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted an unknown area in the Ladha district of South Waziristan Agency. Although the Pakistani military intelligence initially denied this U.S. drone attack happened, it was later alleged again in the Western Long War Journal. This is one of the least documented U.S. drone strikes in…
Aziz Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Nov 2009
What Happened? 20 November 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house belonging to a local named Gandak, that the CIA alleged was a training compound in the Aziz Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that it had killed up to 14 militants in this attack, however the precise number of casualties…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Nov 2009
What Happened? 18 November 2009: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Muhammad Khel area of North Waziristan Agency. The house allegedly belonged to a local man named Gul Bat, killing 6 people and leaving more than 15 injured. While one media source claimed that militants had been killed in this attack, there…