US drone attack kills four in PakistanAugust 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US drone attack, targeted at Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's hideout, Wednesday killed four people in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal area, a media report said.
Security official said the hideout of Baitullah Mahsud was targeted in the drone attack that took place in the area near Afghanistan.
Baitullah Mehsud's wife killed in US drone attack in PakistanAugust 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The wife of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a suspected US drone strike in northwestern Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal agency, TV channels reported Wednesday. TV reports said the drone hit the house of Akramuddin, father-in-law of Mehsud, killing four people and injuring two others.
US drone attack kills 14 in PakistanJuly 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fourteen people were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's South Waziristan Monday, Geo News reported.
US drone attack kills five in PakistanJune 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed Thursday when missiles fired from a suspected US drone landed close to them in northwest Pakistan, TV reports said. Dawn TV said the drone fired four missiles in the Shahalam area of South Waziristan, and one of the missiles hit a militants' training camp.
12 killed, several others injured in US drone strike in FATA's Orakzai AgencyApril 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.
US drone attack kills six in PakistanMarch 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A suspected US missile attack in northwest Pakistan killed at least six people Wednesday, television reported. The pilotless drone fired missiles in Makeen area of South Waziristan tribal agency, the private Geo TV channel quoted witnesses as saying.
US drone attack kills 14 militants in PakistanMarch 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 14 suspected militants have been killed in a US drone attack on a Taliban training centre in northwestern Pakistan, a media report said Friday. More than 40 people were also injured in the late Thursday attack in Barjo village of the Kurram tribal district that borders the Afghan province of Khost, The News reported Friday.
Suspected US drone attack kills 14 in PakistanMarch 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 14 people have been killed in a suspected US drone attack on a Taliban training centre in northwestern Pakistan, the News reported Friday. The late Thursday attack in Barjo village of the Kurram tribal district bordering the Afghan province of Khost also injured more than 40 people, mostly militants, the report said, quoting sources.
Suspected US drone attack kills eight in PakistanMarch 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.
US drone attack kills 12 in PakistanMarch 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Twelve militants were killed and many injured Wednesday in a suspected US drone attack in Pakistan's tribal Orakzai Agency, a media report said. A drone fired missiles on a suspected hideout of militants in Khadzai area, Geo TV reported.
US drone attack kills 30 in PakistanFebruary 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 30 people were killed Monday when missiles fired from a US drone (pilotless aircraft) hit a training camp of Taliban militants in Pakistan's northwestern Orakzai tribal agency, a media report said. Four missiles hit the camp where Pakistani and Afghan Taliban militants receive training, the News Network International (NNI) news agency said.
10 killed in US drone attacks in PakistanFebruary 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Ten people were killed in US drone attacks in Pakistan's Kurram region, a media report said Monday. US drones fired two rockets at suspected militant hideouts in Sarpal area in lower Kurram Agency.
Suspected US drone attack kills six in PakistanFebruary 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least six people were killed and eight injured in a suspected US drone attack in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, Dawn TV reported. The suspected drone fired two missiles at a house in Jangry area of Lada tehsil of South Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, said the report.
US drone attack kills four in PakistanDecember 31st, 2008 ISLAMABAD - At least four people were killed and several others injured Thursday in a suspected US drone attack in northern Pakistan, a media report said. The suspected US spy planes fired missiles on a vehicle in Karikot area in South Waziristan bordering Afghanistan Thursday morning, killing four civilians, Geo TV reported, citing unnamed sources.
US drone attack kills four Al Qaeda militants in PakistanDecember 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.