Between 2004 and 2018, the United States government attacked thousands of targets in northwest Pakistan using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) operated by the United States Air Force under the operational control of the Central Intelligence Agency 's Special Activities Division. [25][26] Most of these attacks were on targets in the Federally Ad...

27 June 2011: Missile strikes from two U.S. drones killed at least 21 suspected militants in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani officials said. The first strike against a moving vehicle in Ghalmandi Panga village reportedly killed eight suspected militants.

Sep 10, 2021 · Based on investigations of 27 separate U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, and interviews with current and former U.S. and Pakistani officials, the report documents civilian casualties and analyzes the broader threats of militancy and military operations in …

Jan 11, 2022 · Through a comprehensive evaluation of declassified internal correspondence between al-Qaeda leaders recovered in bin Laden’s Abbottabad compound, this study aims to provide a direct assessment of the effects of U.S. drone strikes on al-Qaeda’s organizational capabilities and performance.

Nov 29, 2022 · In a 2009 drone strike in Pakistan, a fourteen-year-old boy named Fahim Qureshi lost an eye and had multiple injuries. Another attack later that year led to fifteen-year-old Sadaullah Wazir losing his legs and an eye. The U.S. has also failed its duty to differentiate between combatants and civilians through its use of double tap strikes.

Oct 21, 2013 · "Will I be next?," a new report from Amnesty International, finds that this killing, and several other so-called targeted killings from US drone strikes in Pakistan, violated the right to life and may constitute extrajudicial executions or war crimes.

Nov 12, 2018 · Contrary to the skeptics, I find that drone strikes in Pakistan were effective in degrading the targeted armed groups. And, troublingly, they succeeded in doing so even though they harmed civilians. Three Key Findings.

Oct 22, 2013 · Senior al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan, but civilians have also died. These attacks cause outrage in Pakistan, where many assert that the...

Oct 7, 2022 · Results suggest that drone strikes encourage terrorism over the upcoming days and weeks, causing up to 19% of all terror attacks with more than 3,000 terror deaths in Pakistan during that period. Studying a leading Pakistani newspaper, we identify a polarised response to drone strikes as negative emotions and anger, but also positive emotions ...

Jul 3, 2009 · A U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan region killed 10 militants and wounded seven Friday, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said.