Tag: Undocumented
Makin (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Jun 2008
What Happened? 14 June 2008: 3 U.S. drone-based hellfire missiles struck a house in the Makin area of South Waziristan Agency. The CIA claimed the intended target to be Baituallah Mehsud. Mehsud was not killed in this attack. A document issued by the FATA Secretariat in Islamabad reported that an innocent civilian had been killed…
Doag (S. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Mar 2008
What Happened? 16 March 2008: A U.S. drone strike in the Doag area near Wana in South Waziristan Agency killed at least 20 people. CIA claimed that it had targeted an Al-Qaeda militant camp, whereas a document released by FATA secretariat claimed that 16 of those killed were non-locals while 7 were injured. Known casualties…
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…
Khushali Kila (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2008
What Happened? 29 January 2008: Multiple U.S. drone missiles struck a home in the Khushali Kila area, near Mirali, in North Waziristan Agency. The attack reportedly killed 12 people, including at least two women and three children. The civilian home owner was also killed. The CIA claimed the intended targets included senior Al-Qaeda figures including:…
Danda Darpa Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – November 2007
What Happened? 2 November 2007: Two U.S. drone missiles struck an alleged ‘compound’ in the Danda Darpa Khel area of Miranshah, North Waziristan Agency’s capital. The ‘compound’ was located close to a religious madrassa with links to the Haqqani Network. A report from a Pakistani news agency, Dawn indicates that those killed were militants related…
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…
Zarghar Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – May 2007
What Happened? 22 May 2007: A leaked U.S. intelligence document in 2013 reported of a 2007 drone attack that struck an alleged ‘military training camp’ in the Zargar Khel area of North Waziristan. While the CIA claimed that the attack had killed militants, local eyewitnesses at the time disputed that those killed were locals and…
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…
Saidgi (N. Waziristan) Helicopter Raid – Jan 2006
What Happened? 06 January 2006: A pair of U.S. gunships attacked a home in Saidgi Area of Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal agency. At least 2 children and 2 women are reported to have been killed in this raid. Three alleged militants were also killed in this attack. An eyewitness reported having seen several U.S. soldiers,…
Mamozai (Kurram Agency) Drone Attack – Jan 2018
What Happened? 24 January 2018: US drone missiles struck an Afghan refugee camp in the Speen Thal Dapa Mamozai area of Kurram Agency. The Pakistani Foreign Office (FO) issued a statement condemning the strike “carried out by the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) this morning, which targeted an Afghan refugee camp” Despite targeting a refugee camp,…