Tag: South Waziristan Agency
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…
Zamozola Shaktoi (S. Waziristan) Air Strike – Jan 2007
What Happened? 16 January 2007: A U.S. drone missile struck a home in the Zamozola area of Shaktoi in South Waziristan. The drone attack killed at least 7 civilians and 1 child. Eyewitness testimony shows that those killed were local woodcutters. An eyewitness spoke to the Pakistani The News shortly after the attack: “I spoke…
Wana (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack I – Jun 2004
What Happened? 18 June 2005: A U.S. drone missile struck a house in a hamlet of Shah Nawaz Kot in the South Waziristan Agency of Pakistan’s federally administered tribal area (FATA). The attack is reported to have killed a Nek Muhammad and four of his companions. Nek was an Afghan militant with ties to the…