(Previous Incident Code: Ob19 )

At least 12 people were killed and several wounded in a double US led strike near midnight on a housing compound reportedly used by Taliban commander Wali Mohammed aka Malang Wazir.

Three died in the first attack, then seven rescuers were killed when a drone returned, including a nephew of Mohammed.

The Bureau’s researchers identified the rescuers as comprising three Taliban and four civilians. the latter named as Jehanzeb, Liaqat, Daraz and Sabil. According to records collected by the local government in the FATA, 18 were killed in the strike – eight were locals. Of the rest, two were Afghans, four were Arabs, three were Turkmen and one was ‘non-local’.

Later ‘hundreds of Wazir tribesmen Friday took to the streets’ in protest at the attack, and ‘all the markets and shopping malls were closed to mourn the killing of 14 people.’