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Norak, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Up to nine alleged militants were reported killed including ‘three Arabs, three Pakistanis, a Chechen and an Uzbek’ in an attack on two vehicles and a housing compound reported to be owned by a man named as Baddin.It emerged in July 2013 the tribal agency administration had been collecting data on drone strikes – their…

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30 September 2009

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Sararogha, South Waziristan, Pakistan

An afternoon attack allegedly on the TTP leader’s brother, Kalimullah Mehsud, killed six and injured six. Some reports state he died in the attack – though it was also claimed he was killed that day by Pakistan forces. Yet others say the target was actually Irfan Shamankhel aka Irfan Mehsud. Three ‘Uzbek militants’ were also reported…

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29 September 2009

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Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack on an alleged Haqqani Network facility – the house of ‘Mustafa, [or Emarati] an Afghan national’ and reported militant – killed up to nine and injured as many as six people. The Pakisten Tribune ambiguously reported that ‘All the victims were said to be Afghan refugees.’2009.09.30 Dandy Darpa Khel, Ob39 / Noor Behram

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29 September 2009

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Khyber Agency, Pakistan

A possible strike on a government guest house in Khyber Agency was reported by some media. No casualties were recorded.

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29 September 2009

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Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack on an alleged Haqqani Network housing compound owned by Ahmad Afghani killed up to twelve people and injured five. A local intelligence official told The Nation:The building acted as an office where Taliban militants would come to receive orders and rest between bouts of fighting across the border in Afghanistan.’But residents told Dawn…

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24 September 2009

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Toorikhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack destroyed a car in an explosion that was heard 15 miles away. Mir Ali resident Akhtar Rasool told Reuters: ‘The vehicles is in flames and we can see smoke rising from the scene.’ Five people died including Islamic Jihad Union leader Najmiddin Kamolitdinovic Jalolov, aka Yahyo. A senior Pakistani intelligence official told Reuters:…

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14 September 2009

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14 September 2009

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Baraawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia

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Up to six people, including at least one possible civilian, were killed and at least two possible civilians were wounded, as a US-launched raid targeted and reportedly killed a high value al Qaeda/ al Shabab member, Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, international media reported. The attack marked the first known lethal operation by US forces in…

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14 September 2009

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Darga Mandi, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Up to 15 people were killed in a strike on the house of Ismael Khan which also damaged adjacent homes. The target, an alleged Taliban compound, was said to be run by Haqqani-affiliated militant Maulvi Taib Shah (possibly killed). Three children and two women were also said to be among the dead, according to Dawn.…

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8 September 2009

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Machi Khel, North Waziristan, Pakistan

Senior al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was ‘killed’ (he also reportedly ‘died’ in May 2011 before actually dying in a US strike on June 3 2011) along with up to five alleged militants. The attack reportedly struck a vehicle as it entered the village. But a nearby home was caught up in the blast, with…

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7 September 2009

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Taparghai, South Waziristan, Pakistan

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Danda Darpakhel, North Waziristan, Pakistan

The local political administration‘s internal records tallied 17 killed in this strike – all ‘miscreants’ and four of them Uzbeks. Up to 21 people were killed, including three women and six children (one named as Syed Wali Shah, pictured below), in an attack on a madrassa linked to Sirajuddin Haqqani. Five houses were destroyed, and no…

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Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan

At the time of this strike, press reports stated only that a house turned into a ‘militant compound’ had been hit. The house belonged to Zangi Khan Burki, who had fled the area with his family. The nearby home of agency councilor Arif Zaman was also reported damaged in the attack. Local photographer Noor Behram,…

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Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan

The CIA fatally wounded TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud (and his second wife) after multiple previous attempts. President Obama personally authorised the attack (CNN). As many as ten others also may have died, including his uncle, father-in-law Maulvi Ikramuddin and mother-in-law, and seven bodyguards. Four children were also injured. According to drone strike data collected by…

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Gariwam, North Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack on a house allegedly linked to the TTP and owned by local cleric Maulana Abdul Majeed was destroyed, killing up to six people and wounding four or more. AP reported that ‘One resident said he heard a loud bang and that Taliban in the area are saying five colleagues are dead.’ Others reported…

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Painda Khel, South Waziristan, Pakistan

A reputed TTP communications centre was attacked, killing up to five people and injuring three. Reuters reported the same day that US drones:have [separately] resumed tracking militants in Pakistan to support Pakistani operations in South Waziristan. The US military began surveillance flights over Pakistani territory in mid-March but ceased a month later when Pakistan abruptly…

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Tiarza, South Waziristan, Pakistan

Two media sources reported a possible drone strike that killed five – this may be part of Ob28.

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Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan

For the second time in 24 hours an alleged TTP training camp was attacked. The strike in a forested area killed up to ten people, (including three ‘Punjabi Taliban’) with a dozen injured. The BBC reported: Missiles hit the thickly-forested and mountainous Karwan Manza area, some 10km (six miles) south-east of Ladha. Officials say six missiles…

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Ladha, South Waziristan, Pakistan

A five- or six-vehicle convoy was destroyed and up to forty alleged ‘TTP and Punjabi militants’ were killed. Four Arabs and seven Uzbeks were reported among the dead by one source. A Pakistani security official reported that: Almost 90 per cent of the militants traveling in the convoy were killed in the drone attack.’

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Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan

Attacks against the TTP continued, with a lunchtime strike on an alleged training camp killing at least 14 people (among them five ‘foreigners’) and injuring a further ten. SATP reported sources as saying that ‘a local commander of Baitullah [Mehsud] was among the dead.’ Geo TV named him as Kifayatullah Anikhel, a close relative of…

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Mantoi, South Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack on a closed madrassa ‘occasionally used by the TTP’ killed either three, five or no people. The News, for example, reported that: Three missiles were fired at a Madrassa, completely destroying the building. However, no loss of life was reported in the attack.’ In contrast AFP said that ‘One official had said initially…

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Zamarai Nairai, South Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack on a suspected training facility (or offices) run by TTP commander Noor Wali Mehsud killed at least 10 alleged militants and injured as many as 35 people. 'The News' reported the following: Tribal sources said a US drone fired three missiles at the office of Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud in Serwakai Tehsil at…

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Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack against an alleged Taliban camp (the suspected camp of Baitullah Mehsud) killed five militants, according to data collected by the local political administration. A further seven unspecified individuals were wounded. Local TTP commander Niaz or Khwaz Wali Mehsud was reportedly among the dead. Wali Mehsud was reportedly killed 'as bait for a bigger…

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Makeen, South Waziristan, Pakistan

Up to three missiles were fired at the funeral of Niaz Wali Mehsud, at which as many as 5,000 people were present, killing between 18-50 civilians (among them reportedly ten children and four tribal leaders). The suspected militant targets were believed to include TTP leader Baitullah Mehsud, who either escaped or was never present. The dead…

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Raghzai near Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan

A strike was reported by ‘local security sources’ on an alleged militant training centre. The impact is unknown. There are no other details at this time.

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Wana, South Waziristan, Pakistan

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…

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Marda Algad, South Waziristan, Pakistan

After a pause in bombing of almost a month, up to five militants, reported as Pakistani and ‘foreign’, were reported killed in an alleged US led strike on a double-cabin truck, according to the Taliban. Two other vehicles were reportedly damaged in the strike. However internal records collected by the FATA administration reported a civilian pick-up was…

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Khesoor, North Waziristan, Pakistan

In the first confirmed deliberate CIA attack on rescuers, up to 40 people, mostly Pakistani militants, were reported killed in a double strike by US led drones on a vehicle and the reputed house of Hikmat Roshan, local media reported. A nearby madrassa was also reported damaged. Two Arabs were reported among the dead, including…

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Sara Khwara, South Waziristan, Pakistan

At least five people were killed, including ‘Taliban and foreign fighters’, in n alleged US led attack on a housing compound, local media reported. CNN reported a Taliban source as saying that it was used a training centre linked to Baitullah Mehsud’s TTP. Although most reports claimed that eight were killed, local resident Yar Mohammad…

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Tabbi Langhar Khel, South Waziristan, Pakistan

Multiple US led missile strikes, including an attack on an ex-school and a vehicle, killed between six and 25 people, according to local media. UPI reported that the school had been turned into a Taliban training camp just months before the strike. The Pakistan Taliban (TTP) claimed that only five of its militants died in…

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Kaniguram, South Waziristan, Pakistan

An attack on a car killed al Qaeda planner Abu Sulayman al-Jazairi and up to nine others, in alleged US led airstrikes, local media reported. It was previously reported that Abu Sulayman al-Jazairi was killed in B16 in 2008. Though according to internal documents collected by the local political administration, only a local was killed in…

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