14 suspected Taliban killed, many injured in US drone strike in South Waziristan

August 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a US drone strike South Waziristan's Kani Goram area on Thursday. According to sources, three missiles were fired from unmanned Predator aircrafts targeting a house in the region killing eight people on the spot besides injuring many others.

August 11th, 2009 PESHAWAR - A US drone strike in north western Pakistan killed at least 10 suspected militants on Tuesday, authorities said. The attack targeted an insurgents' camp in South Waziristan near the Afghan border, BBC reported.

July 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike on a Taliban bastion in north-western Pakistan killed at least eight militants Wednesday, an intelligence official said. Six missiles fired allegedly by US Predator drones at around 1.30 a.m.

July 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In yet another US drone strike, at least nine suspected Taliban insurgents were killed and several others injured in South Waziristan on Wednesday. Unmanned Predator aircraft fired two missiles targeting a militant hideout in Karwan Manza area of the region killing nine people on the spot besides wounding several others, The News reports.

July 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 13 people were killed and several others injured in two missile hits carried out by unmanned US Predator aircrafts in South Waziristan on Friday. Sources said the US drone targeted a suspected terror camp in Kokatkhel village of Sarokai area, and fired several missiles killing 13 persons on the spot besides wounding several others.

June 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - In yet another drone strike in less than a week in South Waziristan, at least five people were killed and several others injured when two US Predator aircrafts fired missiles at a suspected Taliban hideout in the Wana region on Thursday. According to the sources, the drones targeted the hideouts of Taliban commander Mullah Nazir in Shah Alam and Raghzai area near Wana, firing five missiles.

June 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Three persons were killed and several others were injured in a suspected US drone strike in South Waziristan's Miranshah region on Sunday. According to sources, the unmanned US Predator aircrafts fired everal missiles at a suspected terrorist vehicle in the Laddha egion of South Waziristan, killing the three persons on the spot "A drone attack targeting a militant vehicle killed three people in Mardar Algad area.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike Friday killed at least 12 people in a restive north-western Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, an intelligence official said. About a dozen people were also injured when two missiles were fired from a suspected US pilotless aircraft and hit a house in Dande Darpa Khel near Miran Shah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal district, the official said.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An unmanned aircraft, suspected to be US operated, fired two missiles at a militant hideout in Pakistan's ungoverned tribal region bordering Afghanistan, killing nine people, a security official said Tuesday. Four more people were injured in the airstrike, which also hit a compound.

May 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile strike Tuesday in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan killed at least eight people, officials and media reports said. Multiple missiles fired by US pilotless aircraft struck a house in the Sara Khawra village of the South Waziristan district, a known enclave of Al Qaeda and Taliban militants.

May 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight persons were killed and seven others injured in a suspected U.S. drone strike at Sararogha area in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Saturday, The News reported.

April 19th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Three persons were reportedly killed on Sunday in a suspected US drone strike targeted at a militant hideout in Gangi Khel town of South Waziristan district. The Dawn quoted a security official of the region, as saying five other persons were also injured in the attack.

April 1st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least twelve suspected terrorists were killed and several others were injured in US drone strike in the Orakzai Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Wednesday. The US Predator drones fired missiles at a suspected Taliban camp in the Khadzai area close to the Afghan border, The News reported.

March 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight people were killed Sunday in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan's restive tribal region, Geo TV reported. Two back-to-back missiles were fired from a US drone that hit a house in Sararogha area of tribal district South Waziristan, the stronghold of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud.

December 31st, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Four Al Qaeda militants were killed and several others injured Thursday in a suspected US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan, an official and residents said. The drone fired two missiles targeting a vehicle carrying several Islamist insurgents at around 11:15 a.m.