The list of drone strikes in Pakistan includes known operations in the context of the drone war in Pakistan , which is largely led by the United States against suspected terrorists.
Nek Muhammad , a Taliban leader, and several other people (including two children) were hit by a rocket shortly after Nek Muhammad used a satellite phone. Representatives of the Pakistani military took responsibility for it and denied any involvement by the US. However, eyewitnesses reported sighting a drone. According to research by the New York Times, it was the first attack by a General Atomics MQ-1 in Pakistan.
2005
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December 3, 2005
Pakistan
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Using a General Atomics MQ-1 is known as is Safe House (a cloaked as a private house hiding) of al-Qaeda in Pakistan fired. In the attack were Abu Hamza Rabia , was killed allegedly "number 3" of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization, and four other men.
2008
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Late January 2008
There are Abu Laith al-Libi and some other men by an attack by General Atomics MQ-1 have been killed. Abu Laith al Libi was considered one of the top commanders of al-Qaeda behind Osama bin Laden and his deputy Aiman az-Zawahiri .
About 16 insurgents were killed in one attack. The attack was aimed at Hakimullah Mehsud who was suspected by the American army in the region.
January 17, 2010
Shaktoi
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Around 20 insurgents were killed in one attack. With Shahid Ullah, Hafiz Nizamuddin Storikhel, Khawarey and Mohtaj, four high-ranking Taliban commanders are said to have been among the dead.
The alleged al-Qaeda boss in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Sheikh Fateh , was killed by a US drone attack. He was out in his pickup truck. Two of his three companions died with him.
Eight German Islamists , believed to be members of the Jihad Islami group, were killed by a missile fired from a US drone while visiting a mosque. After a year and a half of examination, the German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced in July 2012 that it had started an official investigation into the case of Bünyamin Erdoğan, who was killed at the time .
2010
The Pakistani secret service ISI reported on the death of Hakimullah Mehsud . Mehsud was killed by a drone. The TTP denied the information. The information below turned out to be incorrect.
According to the Pakistani government, a US drone killed four members of the Haqqani network. A leader responsible for logistics is said to have been among them.
October 27, 2011
South Waziristan
Five activists from the Taliban-affiliated Maulvi Nazir group were killed. You were in a vehicle. Two leaders are said to have been among the dead.
November 2011
South Waziristan
Jude Kenan Mohammad, son of a Pakistani father and an American mother and therefore a US citizen, was killed by a Hellfire missile from a drone. The attack was confirmed in a letter from US Attorney General Eric Holder on May 22, 2013.
November 17, 2011
The last attack before a break of about two months was flown.
2012
Because of the NATO attacks in Salalah , in which 24 Pakistani soldiers in the Afghan-Pakistani border area were killed by NATO air strikes under unexplained circumstances, the American government suspended the drone strikes for about two months - from November 17, 2011 to January 10, 2012 - out.
Four people were killed by a drone attack. According to the ISI, three of them were Arabs.
January 15, 2012
The ISI again claimed Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a drone. The TTP denied the information.
February 8, 2012
Miranshah
According to the Pakistani military, ten insurgents were killed in a drone attack and the subsequent fire. Some of them are said to come from Central Asia.
February 9, 2012
Miranshah
According to the ISI, Badr Mansoor , alleged coordinator of terrorist attacks at al-Qaeda, died from a drone attack. 3 insurgents died with him and three others were injured. Badr Mansoor's death was confirmed by al-Qaeda in early March.
Two missiles attacked targets. The attack took place during the night and was aimed at Abu Yahya al-Libi , a senior al-Qaeda commander. According to Pakistani intelligence circles, he is among the (allegedly 15) dead. The US is convinced that al-Libi is dead. Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar described the attack as illegal.
An unmanned aircraft launched two rockets at a homestead near Miranshah. At least three people were killed.
June 6, 2012
Miranshah
According to the ISI, a drone killed 17 people and injured two. The attack was the first since the ISAF's supply routes were reopened the day before. Pakistan has blocked these since the attack on the Pakistani base in Salala in November 2011.
Late August 2012
North Waziristan
The ISI and the Afghan secret service announced the death of Badruddin Haqqani in a drone attack in northern Waziristan. He is said to have been a senior leader of the Haqqani network. The Taliban denied the information.
22nd September 2012
North Waziristan
Three people died in a drone attack.
September 24, 2012
40 kilometers east of Miranshah
According to Pakistani intelligence, a drone killed Abu Kasha al-Iraqi , an al-Qaeda leader. Five more people died with him. The drone fired two projectiles at an alleged insurgent base.
October 1, 2012
North Waziristan
Three people died in an attack (two missiles) on a motorcycle.
Pakistani security forces reported the deaths of Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir Wazir (also known as Mullah Nazir ), his deputy and eight other Taliban people. Their vehicle was hit by two missiles.
In the first attack since the 2013 parliamentary elections in Pakistan , two rockets killed six or seven people and injured four more. According to the ISI, Wali-ur-Rehman , a high-ranking member of the TTP and deputy of Hakimullah Mehsud , was among the dead . Two days after the attack, the TTP confirmed Wali-ur-Rehman's death and withdrew an offer of peace to the Pakistani government in response.
Two missiles hit a complex of buildings and killed seven people.
June 8, 2013
North Waziristan
Six rockets were fired at the estate of a Taliban leader. According to information from security sources, the nine fatalities were members of a local family known by name.
Two rockets hit a house near the largest market, killing 17 people. According to Taliban commanders and representatives of the security forces, they were mainly members of the Haqqani network.
Regional authorities report that a drone fired two rockets at a house. Three people were killed.
1. November 2013
North Waziristan
Spokespersons for both the Pakistani military and the TTP said that Hakimullah Mehsud and four other TTP leaders were killed in an attack on their car. A drone fired two rockets. Mehsud had a bounty of up to five million US dollars. The Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan condemned the attack sharp. In his words, the " attack is an attempt to sabotage Pakistan's peace negotiations with the Taliban ". Initial preparations for negotiations between the Pakistani government and the TTP were planned for November 2nd. Also, was the United States Ambassador to Pakistan , Richard G. Olson , summoned.
November 21st 2013
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
A drone attacked a Koran school. Six people were killed. Three of them were leaders of the Haqqani network. The attack was the second of its kind in Pakistan that did not take place in the tribal areas.
2014
The drone attacks were suspended from December 2013 as the Pakistani government was conducting peace negotiations with the TTP. After an insurgent attack on Karachi Airport on June 9, 2014, drone attacks resumed.
According to intelligence reports, three drones fired six rockets on the morning of the day at people who were looking for dead and injured in the wreckage of the attack flown the day before. They killed at least ten people in the process.
According to a representative of the security forces, 13 people died in a drone attack. According to other security officials, however, 20 people died. They are said to have been members of the TTP and to have fled from Miranshah and Mir Ali from an offensive by the Pakistani army. Twelve of them are said to have been Uzbeks . Four missiles were fired at a hideout and a vehicle.
2015
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4th January 2015
North Waziristan
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10 people died in a drone attack. Suspected Uzbek extremists were the target, according to the Pakistani Army. Seven Uzbek and three Pakistani citizens were among the victims.
