(Previous Incident Code: Ob109 )

As many as nine civilians including four women and two or three children were reported killed in an attack on an alleged Haqqani Network compound. Although 10 alleged militants were said to have been killed in an attack on a building, the next-door house was also hit.

According to Dawn, “The missiles also hit a house adjacent to the compound, killing three men and four women and injuring 15 others.” Two children also died, the 8- and 10-year-old sons of Bismullah and his wife, who were both killed as well. They left behind three orphans (pictured below).

Local photographer Noor Behram, who visited the site shortly after the attack, wrote, “The three other children were saved as they were thrown away by the blast and only sustained minor injuries. The children were traumatized and not willing to accept the deaths of their parents in front of their eyes. The surviving kids were unable to utter a word and not even crying, just numb.”

The CIA was later reported to have changed its rules of engagement following this strike. Senior US intelligence sources insisted for almost a year that no civilians had died in Pakistan drone strikes since this date, until challenged by a Bureau investigation.