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Pakistan

Following the 9/11 attacks in the United States, the U.S. military conducted strikes and occasional raids against alleged Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants in Pakistan for more than a decade.

Airwars is the custodian of a database produced by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism investigating covert U.S. drone strikes and civilian harm allegations between 2004 and 2018.

134 incidents involving Pakistan
Archive

Incident Date

1 October 2017–31 October 2019

Incident Code

T005cii

Location

Kurram Agency, Pakistan
A single source, The London-based Times, reported one named resident saying 60 missiles had hit Kurram Agency in the course of the month. However, no other information has surfaced suggesting this volume of strikes has hit the area. “The drone strikes have increased significantly since the start of October. Drones fired around 60 missiles,” Sajad …

Summary

Published
31 October 2017
Strike Type
Airstrike, Drone Strike
Military actors reported killed
5
Causes of Death / Injury
Unknown
Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

8 January 2013

Incident Code

Ob310

Location

Malangan Hassokhel, Tehsil Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan
The Agency’s drones killed at least two people in the second strike in nearby Hesso Khel village. Up to 11 missiles were fired on a ‘two room house‘ belonging to Noor Mohammed – his fate was not reported. An October 2013 Amnesty International field investigation found 4-9 people died in the attack, all ‘Taliban and/or …

Summary

Published
8 January 2013
Strike Type
Airstrike, Drone Strike
Civilians reported injured
1 – 4
Military actors reported killed
9
Actor
U.S. Forces
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Incident Date

29 December 2012

Incident Code

Ob305

Location

Gurbaz, Shawal, North Waziristan, Pakistan
Up to five people were reported killed in a drone strike in the Shawal valley area on the borders of North and South Waziristan. Dawn reported intelligence officials as saying that a house in Gurbaz was bombed. AFP reported that while one official claimed those killed were in ‘a house believed to be a militant …

Summary

Published
29 December 2012
Strike Type
Airstrike, Drone Strike
Civilians reported injured
2
Military actors reported killed
4 – 5
Actor
U.S. Forces
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US airstrikes fell to historic low in 2022, despite fresh operations
1 Feb, 2023
Policy, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

US airstrikes fell to historic low in 2022, despite fresh operations

The overall number of declared US airstrikes across all monitored military theatres fell from 441 in 2021 to a minimum of 36 in 2022
Civilian harm fell in 2021, Airwars annual report finds
10 May, 2022
Update
Iraq, Israel, Libya, Pakistan, Palestinian territories, Syria, Türkiye, Yemen

Civilian harm fell in 2021, Airwars annual report finds

Civilian harm dropped across most of the major conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa in 2021, Airwars’ annual report has found . The number of allegations of civilians killed by nearly all belligerents monitored by Airwars fell in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Yemen, though there was an escalation in the Israel-Palestinian conflict …
How do the ‘forever wars’ look under President Biden?
22 Dec, 2021
Investigations, Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

How do the ‘forever wars’ look under President Biden?

Is President Biden really going to end the America's decades-long campaign?
Tens of thousands of civilians likely killed by US in ‘Forever Wars’
6 Sept, 2021
Investigations
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

Tens of thousands of civilians likely killed by US in ‘Forever Wars’

A minimum of 22,000 civilians have been killed directly by US airstrikes since the start of the War on Terror in 2001, analysis finds.
Pentagon annual report declares 85 civilian deaths in recent US actions
2 Jun, 2021
Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen

Pentagon annual report declares 85 civilian deaths in recent US actions

The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on civilian deaths and injuries resulting from US military actions around the world has declared more than 100 recent casualties. Researchers and human rights groups, including Airwars, Amnesty International and UN monitors in Afghanistan, place the actual toll significantly higher. For 2020 alone, the Department of Defence said that …
Significant drop in civilian harm during 2020 indicates Covid effect: Airwars annual report
2 Mar, 2021
Research
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Türkiye, Yemen

Significant drop in civilian harm during 2020 indicates Covid effect: Airwars annual report

Tracking by Airwars across multiple conflicts during 2020 shows that the number of locally reported civilian deaths from the use of explosive weapons was down by two thirds compared to the previous year. Of these fatalities, around half were in the first two months of 2020. Comprehensive new data released by Airwars in its Annual …