Tag: School targets
Danda Darpakhel (N. Waziristan) School Massacre – Oct 2008
What Happened? 23 October 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a school in the Danda Darpakhel area of Miranshah in North Waziristan Agency. The CIA alleged that the school was linked to the Haqqani Network and that dead were militants. Local eyewitness reports from that time state that the attack mostly killed children between 12…
Kaloosha Azam Warsak (S. Waziristan) – Feb 2008
What Happened? 28 February 2008: A U.S. drone strike targeted a school in Kaloosha area of Azam Warsak in South Waziristan Agency. The CIA claimed that it had targeted an Al Qaeda militant training camp, killing more than 10 people and injuring many more. Data from Islamabad’s FATA secretariat claimed that 06 of the dead…
Mami Rogha (N. Waziristan) School Massacre – Jun 2007
What Happened? 19 June 2007: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck a school and adjoining homes in the Mami Rogha area of North Waziristan Agency in Pakistan. The attack is reported to have killed 34+ people. A prominent local journalist, Rahimullah Yousafzai, was cited by the Washington Post as an eyewitness to the attack. Yousafzai testified…
Ghozgarhi Madrassa (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Oct 2017
Date: 16/10/2017 Location: Kurram Agency, FATA, Pakistan Perpetrators: United States Victims: 14+ killed What Happened? 16 October 2017: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck a reported seminary in the Ghozgarhi area of Lower Kurram Agency killed at least 14 people, while a local eyewitness reports at least 17 deaths. The local administration procured 20 coffins from…