US Drone Strike Kills At Least 30 in South Waziristan

A US drone launched two missiles at a large house in South Waziristan this morning, killing at least 30 and wounding seven others. A Pakistani intelligence official is quoted as saying more people are believed to be buried under the rubble. At least 50 people were in...

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Gates: Missiles Strikes in Pakistan Will Continue

US drones loomed large in the skies over North Waziristan today, flying over villages and sewing panic in a region which has seen scores of residents killed in attacks by those drones over the past few months. On Friday similar drones killed 22 people, including...

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Biden Indicates US Attacks in Pakistan Will Continue

Answering questions about US policy with respect to its ongoing attacks in Pakistan, Vice President Joe Biden pointed reporters to President Obama's comments during the campaign that "if there is an actionable target, of a high-level Al-Qaeda personnel, that he would...

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President Obama Orders Pakistan Drone Attacks

A pair of US drone strikes in the North and South Waziristan tribal agencies of Pakistan killed 22 people today. Many of them appear to have been militants, but at least four of them were also children. The attacks, the first of President Obama's fledgling...

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At Least 20 Killed in Twin US Attacks in Waziristan

A pair of missile strikes from American drones into Pakistan's North and South Waziristan Agencies have killed at least 20 people, and injured an unknown number of others. This marks the first cross-border attack by US forces since President Obama took office on...

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US Drone Strikes Kill Five in South Waziristan

It was far from a happy New Year for the resident of South Waziristan's Karikot region, after US drones fired three missiles, killing five people and sewing panic in the streets. All five killed were in a vehicle struck by one of the missiles, and another inside the...

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US Drone Strikes Kill Eight in South Waziristan

A US drone launched a series of missile strikes today in Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, killing eight and injuring an unknown number of others. The attacks hit two vehicles in separate villages in the area early in the morning. The first strike also destroyed a...

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US Drone Kills Two in North Waziristan

With widespread reports of US drones looming in the skies over Waziristani villages, sewing panic, it comes as little surprise that tonight one of the drones fired on a house in just outside of Miramshah, in Pakistan's North Waziristan Agency, killing two and injuring...

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US Drone Strike Kills Six in North Waziristan

A US drone fired missiles at what was described by local officials as "the houses of a suspected Taliban militant" near Mir Ali, in North Waziristan Agency, killing six people and injuring an unknown number of others. A local intelligence official said Taliban...

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