(Previous Incident Code: Ob145 )

A double strike in the vicinity of a former Afghan refugee camp killed up to nine people and injured three. Though some sources referred to the casualties as militants, others including Associated Press and the BBC said their identities were unknown.

According to Dawn, “Four people were killed when two missiles hit the house owned by tribesman Awal Khan. The identity of the dead and the injured could not be ascertained. Sources said Awal Khan had links with militant groups. Hours later another drone fired two missiles on the car near Kito bridge, killing three people.”

A secret diplomatic cable from the US Ambassador to Islamabad, dated two years earlier, had expressed worries that US Special Forces had been requesting information on Afghan refugee camps.

As of early 2013 these remain in some parts of Pakistan, though are no longer in the FATA tribal areas, “We are concerned about providing information gained from humanitarian organizations to military personnel, especially for reasons that remain unclear.”