Tag: Militant targets
Mandi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house and a car in the Qari Markaz area of Mandi Khel in Spinwam Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0815 hours. Media reports alleged that up to 9 ‘suspected militants’ belonging to the Taliban’s Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction were killed. An investigation by…
Stanai Algad (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2010
What Happened? 28 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed multiple houses in the Stanai Algad area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack likely started in the late hours of the morning. Media reports alleged that an Al Qaeda commander Nasir Al-Wahishi had been killed, however this allegation was false as Al-Wahishi was in Yemen…
Khaisori (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Oct 2010
What Happened? 07 October 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed both a house and a car on the Mirali-Bichi road in Mirali Tehsil. The attack happened at around 1630 hours. News reports alleged that the CIA had successfully killed an Al-Qaeda commander from Libya Atiyah Abdul Rehman and Qari Hussein Mehsud. However, Atiya Abdul Rehman…
Qutab Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Sep 2010
What Happened? 14 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike at 1830 hours destroyed a car in the Qutab Khel area of Miranshah. Media reports alleged that Haqqani Network militants were targeted, an allegation that was later confirmed. The Express Tribune confirmed that Saifullah Haqqani, a close relative of the network’s leader Sirajuddin Haqqani, was among…
Haider Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jun 2010
What Happened? 19 June 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and an alleged ‘local water plant’ in the Haider Khel area of Mirali. The house reportedly belonged to a local man Mir Shareef. This is a high-casualty attack that is reported to have killed and injured dozens of militants of the Islamic Jihad…
Mizar Madakhel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jun 2010
What Happened? 11 June 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted multiple houses in the Mizar Madakhel area of North Waziristan. It was reported that the drones had struck ‘suspected militants’. Later confirmation by the Taifatul Mansura, a militant group, acknowledged that three of their fighters had perished in this attack, whose names were Sheikh Ihsanullah…
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.…
Tabi Tol Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Feb 2010
What Happened? 17 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted the house of a local man Sakhi Badshah in the Tapi Tool Khel area in Miranshah. The CIA alleged that it had targeted an Al Qaeda commander by the name of Sheikh Mansoor. Data published years later by FATA officials in a secret document confirms…
Naurak (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Feb 2010
What Happened? 14 February 2010: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house in the Naurak area of North Waziristan Agency. The house reportedly belonged to a local man Khanadan Khan Dawar. It was alleged by Western media that all casualties were militants. Data published by FATA officials years later alleges that this attack had targeted…
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…