Timeline 2004 - 2007

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Timeline
2004 - 2007
2008
  • January 29, 2008: Abu Laith al-Libi killed in a strike in North Waziristan along with 11 other militants.[16][17]
  • February 27, 2008: 12 people killed in a strike near Kalosha village in South Waziristan.[18]
  • March 18, 2008: 16 killed in a strike in South Waziristan[19]
  • May 14, 2008: 12 including Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi killed near village of Damadola, Bajaur.[20][21]
  • July 28, 2008: Midhat Mursi and 5 other Al-Qaeda operatives killed in South Waziristan.[17]
  • August 30, 2008: Missile strike on Al-Qaeda training camp in South Waziristan kills two militants carrying Canadian passports.[22]
  • September 8, 2008: 23 killed in Daande Darpkhel airstrike, near Miranshah, North Waziristan.
  • September 12, 2008: 12 killed in Miranshah airstrike.
  • September 30, 2008: 6 killed in a strike near Mir Ali, North Waziristan.[23]
  • October 16, 2008: Senior Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Habib killed in a strike near Taparghai, South Waziristan, along with five other Al Qaeda or Taliban members.[24][25]
  • October 22, 2008: 4 killed in a village near Miranshah by missiles fired from suspected US drone.[26]
  • October 26, 2008: 20 killed in a strike in South Waziristan.[27]
  • October 31, 2008: 20 killed including Al-Qaeda operative Abu Akash and Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim (alias Abu Jihad al-Masri) after 4 missiles hit Waziristan.[17][28]
  • November 14, 2008: 12 killed in a strike near Miranshah.[29]
  • November 19, 2008: Abdullah Azam al-Saudi and 4 other militants killed in Bannu district.[17]
  • November 22, 2008: British Al-Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf and 4 others including Abu Zubair al-Masri killed in a strike in North Waziristan.[17][30]
  • December 22, 2008: At least 8 killed in South Waziristan by suspected US drone strike.[31]
2009
An MQ-9 Reaper taking off in Afghanistan.
  • January 1, 2009: 2 senior al-Qaeda leaders Usama al-Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan killed in a missile strike by U.S. drones.[17][32]
  • January 23, 2009: In the first attacks since Barack Obama became U.S. president, at least 14 killed in Waziristan in 2 separate attacks by 5 missiles fired from drones.[33]
  • February 14, 2009: More than 30 killed when two missiles are launched by drones near town of Makeen in South Waziristan.[34]
  • February 16, 2009: Strike in Kurram Valley kills 30, reportedly at a Taliban training camp for fighters preparing to combat coalition forces in Afghanistan.[22][35]
  • March 1, 2009: Strike in Sararogha village in South Waziristan kills 7 people.[36]
  • March 7, 2009: Taliban militants shot down one of the two UAVs over a village in South Waziristan.[37]
  • March 12, 2009: 24 killed in attack in Berju in Kurram Agency.[38]
  • March 15, 2009 4 killed in Jani Khel in Bannu district in North-West Frontier Province.[39]
  • March 25, 2009: 7 killed in attacks on 2 vehicles by two missiles in Makin area of South Waziristan at 6:30pm.[40]
  • March 26, 2009: 4 killed in Essokhel area in North Waziristan.[41]
  • April 1, 2009: 14 killed in Orakzai Agency tribal area.[42][43]
  • April 4, 2009: 13 killed in North Waziristan.[44]
  • April 8, 2009: 4 killed in attack on a vehicle in Gangi Khel in South Waziristan.[45]
  • April 19, 2009: At least 3 killed and 5 injured in an attack in South Waziristan[46]
  • April 29, 2009: US drone strike in Kanni Garam village in South Waziristan kills 6 people.[47]
  • May 9, 2009: US drone strike in Sararogha in South Waziristan kills 6 people.[48]
  • May 12, 2009: US drone strike in Sra Khawra village in South Waziristan kills 8 people.[49]
  • May 16, 2009: US drone strike in village of Sarkai Naki in North Waziristan kills 25 people.[50]
  • June 14, 2009: US drone strike on a vehicle in South Waziristan kills 5 people.[51]
  • June 18, 2009: US drone strike in Shahalam village in South Waziristan kills 5 people.[52]
  • June 23, 2009: US drone strike in Neej Narai in South Waziristan kills at least 8 people.[53][54]
  • June 23, 2009: Makeen airstrike kills at least 80 but misses Baitullah Mehsud in the town of Makeen, many of which were attending the funerals of people killed in the air strikes earlier in the day.[55][56][57]
  • July 3, 2009: US Drone kills 17 people and injures a further 27.[58]
  • July 7, 2009: strike in Zangarha in South Waziristan kills at least 12 people.[59]
  • July 8, 2009: US drone strike on a hideout in Karwan Manza area and on a vehicle convoy in South Waziristan kills at least 50 people.[60]
  • July 17, 2009: US drone strike on a house in North Waziristan kills 4 people.[61]
  • August 5, 2009: US drone strike in South Waziristan killed 12, including Baitullah Mehsud, his wife, and his wife's parents.[62][63] The kill was confirmed after weeks of uncertainty over their fate.[64][65][66][67][68]
  • August 11, 2009: US drone strike in Ladda village, South Waziristan, kills 10.[69]
  • August 21, 2009: US drone strike on the village of Darpa Kheil, North Waziristan, reportedly targeting Sirajuddin Haqqani kills at least 21 people.[70][71][72]
  • August 27, 2009: US drone missile strike on the Tapar Ghai area in the Kanigram (Kanigoram) district in South Waziristan kills at 8 people.[73][74] One of the dead was reportedly Tohir Yo‘ldosh (Tahir Yuldash), leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.[75][76]
  • September 8, 2009: US drone fired missiles kill 10 in North Waziristan.[77] The attack may have killed al Qaeda leaders Ilyas Kashmiri and Mustafa al Jaziri as well as three Punjabi militants and two or three local Taliban fighters.[78]
  • September 14, 2009: US drone fired missile kills four people in a car 1.5 miles from Mir Ali in North Waziristan.[79]
  • September 24, 2009: US drone fired missile kills up to 12 people in the village of Dande Darpa Khel near Mir Ali.[80]
  • September 29, 2009: Two missile attacks take place. In the first, a drone attack reportedly killed six Taliban, including two Uzbek fighters and Taliban commander Irfan Mehsud, in a compound in Sararogha village, South Waziristan. In the second, a missile killed seven insurgents in a house in Dandey Darpakhel village, North Waziristan.[81][82]
  • October 15, 2009: US drone missile killed at least four people in North Waziristan.[83]
  • October 21, 2009: Alleged US drone missile killed two or three alleged militants in Spalaga, North Waziristan in territory controlled by Hafiz Gul Bahadur.[84][85] One of those killed was reportedly Abu Ayyub al-Masri (not the same as Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader), an explosives expert for Al Qaeda and a "Tier 1" target of US counterterrorism operations.[86]
  • October 24, 2009: Alleged US drone strike killed 27, in Damadolla , inside Bajaur tribal agency.[87][88] The 27 victims were reportedly a mix of Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives engaged in a planning and strategy meeting. The dead apparently included 11 "foreigners". One of those reported killed was Faqir Mohammed's nephew, Zahid and another was Mohammed's unnamed son-in-law. The meeting was apparently being held to decide on whether to reinforce South Wazaristan against Pakistani forces, which Mohammed advocates, or exploit recent successes in the Nuristan and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, which Al Qaeda wishes to do.[89]
  • November 5, 2009: 2 killed in Miranshah town in North Waziristan.[90]
  • November 18, 2009: 4 killed and 5 injured in Shanakhora village of North Waziristan, 12 miles south of Miranshah.[91][92]
  • November 20, 2009: 8 killed in the Machikhel area near the town of Mir Ali.[93]
  • December 8, 2009: 3 killed in a car near Miranshah in North Waziristan, reportedly including 2 Al Qaeda members.[25][94] Senior Al qaeda planner Saleh al-Somali, from Somalia, is believed killed in this strike.[95]
  • December 9, 2009: Six killed in Tanga, Ladha, South Waziristan, reportedly consisting of four Al Qaeda and two Taliban members.[25]
  • December 17, 2009: 17 killed in 2 separate attacks in North Waziristan in an area controlled by Hafiz Gul Bahadur. In the first attack, two missiles hit a car near Dosali, killing two. In the second attack, 10 missiles fired by five drones hit two compounds in Ambarshaga, killing 15 people. Unnamed sources stated that seven of the dead were "foreigners."[96][97]
  • December 18, 2009: 3 killed in an attack in Dattakhel region in North Waziristan.[98]
  • December 26, 2009: 13 killed in an attack in Saidgai village in North Waziristan[99]
  • December 30, 2009: A suicide bomber killed at least six CIA officers and seriously injured six others at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Afghanistan, which is used by the Central Intelligence Agency to coordinate drone attacks in Pakistan. The Haqqani network claimed responsibility.[100]
  • December 31, 2009: Four killed in an attack in Machikhel village in North Waziristan. According to The Frontier Post, senior Taliban leader and strong Haqqani ally Haji Omar Khan, brother of Arif Khan, was killed in the strike along with the son of local tribal leader Karim Khan.[100][101]
In January 2010, al Qaeda in Pakistan announced that Lashkar al-Zil leader Abdullah Said al Libi was killed in a drone missile strike. Neither al Qaeda nor the US has revealed the date of the attack which killed Libi, but it appears to have taken place in December 2009.[102]
2010

  • January 1, 2010: Missile strike on a vehicle near Ghundikala village in North Waziristan kills 3.[103][104]
  • January 3, 2010: 5 people including 3 Arabs killed in an attack on Mosakki village in North Waziristan.[104][105]
  • January 6, 2010: 2 separate missile strikes one hour apart kill approximately 35 people in Sanzalai village, North Waziristan.[104][106][107]
  • January 8, 2010: Missile strike in Tappi village in North Waziristan killed 5 people. It is alleged that all the militants killed were local and were attached to Taliban Commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur.[104][108]
  • January 9, 2010: 4 killed and three injured when 2 missiles are fired on a compound in village Ismail Khan in North Waziristan, territory of the Haqqani network.[109] Mahmoud Mahdi Zeidan, bodyguard for al Qaeda leader Sayeed al-Masri, was reported killed in either the January 8 or 9 airstrike.[110] Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim who was allegedly involved in hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986 was also reported killed in this strike.[104][111]
  • January 13, 2010: Missile strike in Pasalkot village in a compound formerly used as a religious school in North Waziristan killed 15 people among them 3 militant commanders.[112] The apparent target of the strike was, Hakimullah Mehsud, who reportedly left the compound before the attack occurred.[113]
  • January 15, 2010: Missile strike in Zannini village near Mir Ali in North Waziristan kills up to 15 people, probably including Abdul Basit Usman, an al-Qaeda terrorist.[104][114]
  • January 15, 2010: Second missile strike of the day kills 6 in Bichi village in North Waziristan.[114]
  • January 17, 2010: Missile strike in Shaktoi area of South Waziristan kills at least 20 people.[115] The leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud sustained injuries in this attack. It was initially believed he died but it was later learned that he survived.[116]
  • January 19, 2010: Two missiles fired at a compound and vehicle in Booya village of Datakhel sub-division, 35 km west of Miranshah, in North Waziristan kills 9 people.[104][117]
  • January 29, 2010: 15 killed when drones fire 3 missiles on a compound belonging to Haqqani network in Muhammad Khel town in North Waziristan.[104][118][119][120]
  • February 2, 2010: Up to 8 US drones fired missiles at 4 different villages of North Waziristan killing at least 29 people.[121][122]
  • February 14, 2010: 5 killed in a strike near Mir Ali in North Waziristan.[123]
  • February 15, 2010: Abdul Haq al-Turkistani, leader of the Turkistani Islamic Party, is killed by a drone missile strike in North Waziristan.[124]
  • February 17, 2010: Three militants killed by a missile strike near Tapi, Miramshah, North Waziristan. One of those killed was reportedly Sheikh Mansoor, a commander in the Lashkar al Zil.[125]
  • February 18, 2010: 4 killed in a strike in Northwest Waziristan including Mohammed Haqqani, the brother of Afghan Taliban commander Siraj who leads the Haqqani network.[126][127] The missiles hit a vehicle belonging to Siraj that Mohammed was riding in, but Siraj was not in the vehicle at the time.[128] Mohammed and Siraj were reportedly attending the funeral of Sheikh Mansoor, who had been killed by a drone strike the day before.[125][126][127]
  • February 24, 2010: Missiles fired by a US drone killed at least 13 militants at a compound and/or in a vehicle in the Dargah Mandi area of North Waziristan. Among the dead include Mohammed Qari Zafar, the head of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the person responsible for the 2002 and 2006 bombing of the U.S. consulate in Karachi, Bahadar Mansoor, head of Badar Mansoor group, and Rana Afzal, the man behind the FIA HQ bombing in Lahore.[129][130][131][132]
  • March 8, 2010: Three missiles fired by US drone aircraft killed five militants and wounded three in Miranshah.[133] It is alleged that Hussein al-Yemeni (also called Sadam Hussein Al Hussami), an Al Qaeda terrorist who planned the Camp Chapman attack died in this strike.[134]
  • March 10, 2010: Missiles fired from drones struck a compound and three vehicles in the village of Mizar Madakhel in North Waziristan. The attack killed at least 12 and as many as 21 militants. Five drones reportedly attacked in two waves. First, four missiles struck and demolished the compound. After local militants cordoned off the area and began recovering bodies, a second volley of missiles struck. Hafiz Gul Bahadar, a local Taliban leader and chief of the North Waziristan Shura, may have been killed in the strike.[135][136]
  • March 16, 2010: Ten militants were killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan's Datakhel area.[137][138]
  • March 17, 2010: Two US Drone strikes killed 9 militants. In the first attack, the drones fired four missiles at a vehicle and a militant hide-out in Miranshah, killing six militants. About 50 minutes later, drones fired 3 missiles at a vehicle in Madakhel, killing 3 militants.[139]
  • March 21, 2010: US drone fires two missiles in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan killing at least eight people and injuring several others.[140]
  • March 23, 2010: US drones fired two missiles on a militant vehicle parked outside a compound in the suburbs of Miranshah in North Waziristan. At least six militants were killed and three others were wounded.[141]
  • March 27, 2010: Drone strike in Mir Ali in North Waziristan kills 4 militants.[142]
  • March 30, 2010: US drone fired three missiles, destroying a compound owned by Zamir Khan, a local tribesman, and used by militants in the city of Tapi in North Waziristan killing six militants.[143]
  • April 12, 2010: 2 missiles fired by a US drone kill 5 in North Waziristan.[144]
  • April 14, 2010: US drone strike targeting a vehicle killed up to 4 people and injuring 4 others in Anbarshaga area of North Waziristan. All of the dead and injured were Arab militants.[145][146]
  • April 16, 2010: US drones fired at least 7 missiles which hit two vehicles and a house in the Toolkhel area near Miramshah in North Waziristan killing 6 people and injuring 5 others.[147]
  • April 24, 2010: US drones kill 7 militants in North Waziristan in the village of Marsi Khel near Miramshah.[148]
  • April 26, 2010: Three missiles from drones strike a compound in the Khushali Toorkhel area, about 25 km east of Miranshah, North Waziristan, killing four or five. A Pakistani security official stated that those killed were militant followers of local rebel commander Haleem Khan. The official added that Khan has ties to regional Taliban commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur.[149][150]
  • May 3, 2010: 4 militants are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan [151]
  • May 9, 2010: 10 militants are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan [152][153]
  • May 11, 2010: At least 24 militants are killed in two separate US drone strikes in which the US fired up to 18 missiles. The first strike occurred when missiles struck cars, homes and tents in the Doga area of North Waziristan killing up to 14 militants. Hours later another pair of missiles hit a compound in the Gorwek area of North Waziristan killing another 10 suspected insurgents, including the brother of a reputed Taliban commander, Maulvi Kalam.[154][155]
  • May 15, 2010: At least 15 killed in Khyber Agency in the first such strike in this area.[156][157]
  • May 21, 2010: US drones fired two missiles on a compound used by Afghan warlord Hafiz Gul Bahadur and killed 10 people in Mohammad Khel, North Waziristan. Saeed al-Masri, the current 3rd in command of Al-Qaeda was killed in this strike along with his wife and 3 children.[158][159] Other dead in this strike include two foreign militants, one of whom was reportedly Filipino. Five women and two children were reported injured.[160]
  • May 28, 2010: US drone strike killed 11 militants and wounded three others in the Nazai Narai area of South Waziristan.[161]

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