Tag: South Waziristan Agency
Gowa Khowa (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2008
What Happened? 22 December 2008: A U.S. drone missile targeted a pickup truck in the Ghora Khowa area of South Waziristan Agency. At least 5 people are reported to have been killed. It is alleged in some accounts that an anti-aircraft gun had been mounted on the pick-up truck. Another pickup was targeted in the…
Kaza Ponga (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2008
What Happened? 11 December 2008: A U.S. drone strike targeted a house and adjacent Madrassa / school in the Sirki Khel area of Kaza Ponga near Azam Warsak in South Waziristan Agency. CIA alleged that 6 militants were killed. The villagers and eyewitnesses reported that all those killed in this drone attacks were civilians, including…
Wana (S. Waziristan) Car Drone Attack – Nov 2008
What Happened? 27 November 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a moving car in the Wana area of South Waziristan Agency. The attack is reported to have killed at least 5 people. There is no information available on their identities or civilian status. Given the absence of any information, this is one of the least…
Doag (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Oct 2008
What Happened? 31 October 2008: A U.S. drone attack targeted a house in the Doag area in Wana of South Waziristan. The house of a Muhammad Haroon Wazir was allegedly targeted, but the death toll is unknown. A FATA document from that time reports that only one person was killed, however media reports tentatively report…
Taparghai (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Oct 2008
What Happened? 16 October 2008: A U.S. drone attack allegedly targeted a parked Toyota wagon in the Taparghai area of North Waziristan. The CIA alleged that the attack had killed an Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative Khalid Habib and four other ‘militants’. A local Pakistani intelligence source is quoted by the CNN to have claimed that the…
Musa Nika (S. Waziristan) Ground Attack – Sep 2008
What Happened? 30 September 2009: An alleged ‘ground attack’ by NATO forces into Pakistani territory targeted the Musa Nika village near Angoor Ada in South Waziristan Agency. An official report by the FATA Secretariat in Islamabad alleges that the attack killed 20 civilians, including women and children. No other local or international media coverage for…
Bhaggar Cheena (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Sep 2008
What Happened? 17 September 2008: A U.S. drone attacks targeted a house in the Bhaggar Cheena area of North Waziristan Agency, near Angoor Ada. A CIA document alleged that the attack killed 4-6 militants associated with Abu Ubaid Al Tunisi (who has not been heard of since after this attack) and Moulvi Nazir. A secret…
Angoor Ada (S. Waziristan) Attack – Sep 2008
What Happened? 03 September 2008: A U.S. attack of unknown type targeted four houses in the villages of Jalol Khel and Toji Khel, near Angoor Adda in South Waziristan Agency. The attack is reported to have killed 18 ‘local’ people and injured 3. The only documentation proof of this attack is a secret document prepared…
Ganki Khel (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike II – Aug 2008
What Happened? 30 August 2008: A U.S. drone attack in the Ganki Khel area of Wana in South Waziristan allegedly killed 5 people, including two Arab-Canadians. The attack targeted the home of Noor Khan Wazir, who was possibly linked with Hezb I Islami leader Maulvi Nazir, a ‘good Taliban’ faction. However, no independent verification of…
Ganki Khel (S. Waziristan) Drone Strike – Aug 2008
What Happened? 27 August 2008: A U.S. drone missile targeted the home of a ‘Sardali Khan’ in the Ganki Khel area of Wana in South Waziristan. A family of a woman, two young boys, and a girl were injured in this attack. Despite injuring women and children, the CIA claimed in their internal memos that…