Incident Code
B50
Incident Code
B50
Incident Date
1 January 2009
Location
Kari Kot, South Waziristan, Pakistan
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: May 7, 2026
(Previous Incident Code: B50 )
As many as five people were killed and others were wounded in alleged US airstrikes on Kari Kot, according to local media.
Two missiles hit ‘a Peju Motorcar [sic]’ killing three non-locals and injuring one person according to data collected by the FATA secretariat.
However The Nation reported up to five ‘suspected militants from Turkmenistan’ were killed. One or two nearby civilians were also reportedly wounded.
Some reports incorrectly claimed that Usama al-Kini was killed in this attack, however he was killed in a separate strike – see B51.