Tag: Undocumented
Doga Mada Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 23 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a ‘state’ car in the Doga Mada Khel area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly occurred at around 0630 hours. Media reports describe the car to have been parked. The U.S. missile is reportedly to have badly damaged a nearby house as well. It…
Assar Madda Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 18 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Assar Madda Khel or Dashgah area of Datta Khel Tehsil. The attack reportedly occurred at around 2105 hours. Media reports only allege that ‘suspected militants’ were killed in this attack. Data published years later by FATA officials alleges that all casualties…
Haider Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Jan 2011
What Happened? 12 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Haider Khel area of Mirali Tehsil. This attack happened at around 0715 hours. The house reportedly belonged to a local Zafar Khan, who was alleged to have links to Hafiz Gul Bahadur. The attack is said to have killed six ‘suspected…
Ghazlamai (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Jan 2011
What Happened? 07 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house, a car, and a motorbike in the Ghazlamai area of Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack reportedly happened at around 1320 hours. Media reports contradict on if whether a motorbike was destroyed too, where Geo TV reported that a ‘suspected militant’ fleeing on a…
Muhammad Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack VI – Jan 2011
What Happened? 01 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a moving ‘state car’ in the Daur village of Muhammad Khel in Datta Khel Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1740 hours. Media reports alleged that between 04 to 05 ‘suspected militants’ had been killed. Data published years later by FATA officials allege that a…
Stanai Bangidar (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack – Dec 2010
What Happened? 31 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Stangai Algad or Bangidar area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1745 hours. Media reports allege that ‘suspected militants’, who had recently returned from a raid were targeted. An anonymous Pakistani security official is quoted saying that the…
Stanai Algad (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack III – Dec 2010
What Happened? 28 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike fired more than 6 missiles on a convoy of two cars in the Stanai Algad / Sherkhel area of Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1628 hours. The struck targets were apparently the victims of two earlier drone strikes on the same building. The…
Stanai Algad (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack II – Dec 2010
What Happened? 28 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a house in the Stanai Algad or Sherkhel area in Ghulam Khan Tehsil. This attack happened at around 1230 hours. This U.S. drone strike targeted the rescuers who were digging through the rubble of an earlier attack. Media reports indicate that this drone strike had…
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…
Machi Khel (N. Waziristan) Drone Attack V – Dec 2010
What Happened? 27 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike destroyed a car in the Machi Khel area of Mirali. It is not yet known at what time this attack happened. A local newspaper, Dawn, quoted an anonymous security official as saying that the victims were Pakistanis, rather than Arab fighters. This greatly increases the likelihood…