Drone Attacks in Pakistan

Drone Attacks In Pakistan

War in North-West Pakistan
  • Wana
  • Silence
  • Mir Ali
  • Rah-e-Haq
  • Sararogha Fort
  • Zalzala
  • Sirat-e-Mustaqeem
  • Sherdil
  • Angoor Ada
  • Black Thunderstorm
  • Rah-e-Raast
  • Janbaz
  • Khyber Pass
  • Rah-e-Nijat
  • Khwakh Ba De Sham
  • Mohmand
  • Mehran
  • Rah-e-Shahadat
American airstrikes
Damadola
Chenagai
Daande Darpkhel
Miranshah
Baghar Cheena
Laghman
Shrawangai Nazarkhel
Datta Khel
  • 2009 refugee crisis in Pakistan
War in Afghanistan
(2001–present)

Timeline

  • 2001
  • 2002
  • 2003
  • 2004
  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013

Battles and operations

Invasion
  • Crescent Wind
  • Rhino
  • Mazari Sharif
  • Kunduz
  • Herat
  • Kabul
  • Tawin Kowt
  • Shawali Kowt
  • Sayyd Alma Kalay
  • Qala-i-Jangi
  • Kandahar
  • Tora Bora
Helmand Province
  • Lejay
  • Eagle Fury
  • Lashkar Gah
  • Mountain Thrust
  • 1st Sangin
  • Mountain Fury
  • Now Zad
  • Achilles
  • Musa Qala I
  • Volcano
  • Kryptonite
  • Silver
  • Pickaxe-Handle
  • Hammer
  • Nasrat
  • Musa Qala II
  • Garmsir
  • Eagle's Summit
  • Red Dagger
  • Shahi Tandar
  • Diesel
  • Mar Lewe
  • Panther's Claw
  • Strike of the Sword
  • Dahaneh
  • Cobra's Anger
  • Moshtarak
  • Tor Shezada
  • 2nd Sangin
  • Camp Bastion
Kandahar Province
  • Medusa
  • Avalanche
  • Kaika
  • Panjwaii
  • Falcon Summit
  • Hoover
  • Luger
  • Kamin
  • Shah Wali Kot
  • 1st Kandahar
  • Spin Boldak
  • Sarposa Prison
  • Arghandab
  • Wech Baghtu
  • 2nd Kandahar
  • Nadahan wedding bombing
  • Hamkari
  • Dragon Strike
  • Baawar
  • Kandahar
Eastern Afghanistan
  • Hazar Qadam
  • Anaconda (Takur Ghar)
  • Warrior Sweep
  • Jacana
  • Haven Denial
  • Mountain Resolve
  • Tar Heels
  • Korangal valley (Red Wings)
  • Afghanya
  • Ebrahimkhel
  • Jaji border incident
  • Nangar Khel
  • South Korean hostages
  • Wanat
  • Alasay
  • Kamdesh
  • Narang
  • Khataba
  • Bad Pakh
  • Bulldog Bite
  • Do Ab
Kabul Province
  • 1st Kabul
  • Hotel Serena
  • 1st Indian Embassy
  • Uzbin
  • Feb 2009 Kabul raid
  • 2nd Indian Embassy
  • Bakhtar guest house
  • NATO headquarters
  • Jan 2010 Kabul raid
  • Feb 2010 Kabul raid
  • May 2010 Kabul bombing
  • NATO convoy
Kunduz Province
  • Kunduz airstrike
  • Oqab
  • Sahda Ehlm
  • Gala-e Gorg
  • Harekate Yolo
  • Karez
  • Mountain Viper
  • Asbury Park
  • Perth
  • Chora
  • Firebase Anaconda
  • Shewan
  • Balamorghab
  • Derapet
  • Doan

Airstrikes

  • Azizabad
  • Baraki Barak
  • Deh Bala
  • Gora Prai
  • Granai
  • Hyderabad
  • Kapisa
  • Kunar Raid
  • Kunduz
  • Mano Gai
  • Sayyd Alma Kalay
  • Sangin
  • Uruzgan
  • Wech Baghtu

Major insurgent attacks

  • Kabul (2002)
  • Bagram (2007)
  • Baghlan (2007)
  • Kandahar (2008)
  • Spin Boldak (2008)
  • Kabul Indian Embassy (2008)
  • Kabul raids (2009)
  • Kandahar (2009)
  • Kabul Indian Embassy (2009)
  • Kabul UN guesthouse (2009)
  • Camp Chapman (2009)
  • Kabul (Feb 2010)
  • Kabul (May 2010)
  • Nadahan (2010)
  • Logar (2011)
  • Nimruz (2011)
  • Kabul & Mazar-e-Sharif (2011)
  • April 2012 raids
  • Camp Bastion (2012)
  • Farah (2013)
  • Kabul Supreme Court (2013)

Massacres

  • Dasht-i-Leili Massacre
  • Kandahar
  • Khataba
  • Maywand
  • Nangar
  • Narang
  • Shinwar

Other

  • US urination incident
  • 2012 Quran buring protests
  • Insurgents' bodies
  • U.S.-Afghan Strategic Agreement
  • U.S. Withdrawal

The United States government has made hundreds of attacks on targets in northwest Pakistan since 2004 using drones (unmanned aerial vehicles) controlled by the American Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division. Most of these attacks are on targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan. These strikes were begun by President George W. Bush and have increased substantially under President Barack Obama. Some media refer to the series of attacks as a "drone war". Estimates of those killed in strikes between 2004 and early 2013 range from around 2000 to around 3000; estimates of the proportion of civilian deaths vary dramatically.

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