List of drone strikes in Pakistan

Timeline

=2004–2007=

18 June 2004: The first known U.S. drone strike killed 5–8 people including Nek Muhammad Wazir and two children, in a strike near Wana, South Waziristan. Pakistan's Army initially claimed the attack as its own work.{{cite news|first1=Ismail |last1=Khan |first2=Dilawar |last2=Khan Wazir |url=http://www.dawn.com/2004/06/19/top1.htm |title=Night raid kills Nek, four other militants: Wana operation |newspaper=Dawn |date=19 June 2004 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028185246/http://www.dawn.com/2004/06/19/top1.htm |archive-date=28 October 2010 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/10/the-bush-years-2004-2009/ | title=The Bush Years 2004–2009 | date=10 August 2011 | work=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=17 February 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217061623/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/10/the-bush-years-2004-2009/ | url-status=dead }}
14 May 2005: 2 killed including Haitham al-Yemeni in a strike near the Afghan border in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60743-2005May15.html | title=Surveillance Operation in Pakistan Located and Killed Al Qaeda Official | last=Priest | first=Dana | date=15 May 2005 | access-date=6 January 2012 | newspaper=Washington Post}}
5 November 2005: a strike destroys the house of Abu Hamza Rabia killing his wife, three children and four others.{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/09/the-courage-of-pakistani-journalists/245358/ | title=The Courage of Pakistani Journalists | work= Atlantic | date=20 September 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Micah | last=Zenko|author-link=Micah Zenko}}
30 November 2005: Al-Qaeda's 3rd in command, Abu Hamza Rabia killed in an attack by CIA drones in Asoray, near Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan along with 4 other militants. Among the deaths are 8 year old Noor Aziz and 17-year-old Abdul Wasit.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1504718/Al-Qaeda-number-three-killed-by-CIA-spy-plane-in-Pakistan.html | title=Al-Qaeda number three 'killed by CIA spy plane' in Pakistan | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | date=4 December 2005 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
13 January 2006: Damadola airstrike kills 18 civilians, in Bajaur area but misses Ayman al-Zawahri, five women, eight men, and five children are among the dead.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/1507895/Pakistan-fury-as-CIA-airstrike-on-village-kills-18.html | title=Pakistan fury as CIA airstrike on village kills 18 | date=15 January 2006 | access-date=27 December 2011 | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | first1=Imtiaz | last1=Ali | first2=Massoud | last2=Ansari}}
30 October 2006 Chenagai airstrike allegedly aimed at Ayman al-Zawahri destroys a madrassa in Bajaur area and kills 70–80 people. Pakistani military officials claim there were militants while provincial minister Siraj ul-Haq and a local eyewitness said they were innocent pupils resuming studies after the Muslim Eid holidays.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6099946.stm | title=Pakistan school raid sparks anger |work=BBC News | date=30 October 2006 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
16 January 2007: Up to 30 Taliban killed in a drone strike in Salamat Keley, Zamazola, South Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/15/AR2007011501358_pf.html | title=Pakistan Strikes militant camp in S. Waziristan | first=Kamran | last=Haider | newspaper=Washington Post | agency=Reuters | date=16 January 2007 | access-date=6 January 2012}}
26 April 2007: 4 people killed in the village of Saidgi in North Waziristan. Habib Ullah the owner of the destroyed house, said those killed were not terrorists.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/27/AR2007042701056.html | title=Missile Strike in Pakistan Kills 4 | newspaper=Washington Post | date=27 April 2007 | access-date=19 December 2011

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19 June 2007: 30 killed in the village of Mami Rogha in North Waziristan{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901898.html | title=Blast Kills at Least 20 in Pakistan | newspaper=Washington Post | date=20 June 2007 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Griff | last=Witte}}
2 November 2007: 5 killed in an attack on a madrasah in North Waziristan{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/03/world/asia/03drone.html | title=Missile Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan; U.S. Denies Attack | newspaper=New York Times | date=3 November 2007 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Ismail | last=Khan}}

=2008=

29 January 2008: Al-Qaeda's Abu Laith al-Libi killed in a strike in North Waziristan along with 12–14 others, among the dead are two women and three children.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7220823.stm Top al-Qaeda commander 'killed'], BBC, 1 February 2008

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27 February 2008: 12 people killed in a strike near Kalosha village in South Waziristan.[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/02/200852512642126874.html Many die in Pakistan missile strike], Al Jazeera, 28 February 2008
16 March 2008: 16–20 people killed in a strike in South Waziristan{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1581866/Up-to-16-dead-in-Pakistan-missile-strike.html |title=Up to 16 dead in Pakistan missile strike | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | date=16 March 2008 | first=Emma | last=Henry | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/world/asia/16iht-pakistan.4.11147077.html | title=Missiles destroy house of Pakistani militant near Afghan border | newspaper=New York Times | date=16 March 2008 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
14 May 2008: 12–15 including Abu Sulayman Al-Jazairi killed near village of Damadola, Bajaur.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/15/top5.htm |title=12 killed in drone attack on Damadola |newspaper=Dawn |date=15 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111044710/http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/15/top5.htm |archive-date=11 November 2010 }} [http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2165254003 mirror][https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/01/alqaida.pakistan Al-Qaeda chief dies in missile air strike], The Guardian, 1 June 2008
14 June 2008: U.S. drones fired three missiles at a potential hideout of TTP leader Meshud, killing one person.{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\15\story_15-6-2008_pg7_5 |title=US. Missile strike kills one in S Waziristan |newspaper=Daily Times (Pakistan) |date=15 June 2008 |access-date=19 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113000936/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C06%5C15%5Cstory_15-6-2008_pg7_5 |archive-date=13 January 2012 }}
28 July 2008: Midhat Mursi and 5 other people killed in South Waziristan.
13 August 2008: U.S. drone strike on a compound run by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar reportedly killed Taliban commander Abdul Rehman, reportedly along with Islam Wazir, three Turkmen, and several Arab fighters. Up to 25 militants were reportedly killed in this strike.{{cite web | first=Bill | last=Roggio | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/08/crossborder_strike_t.php | title=Cross-border strike targets one of the Taliban's 157 training camps in Pakistan's northwest | work=Long War Journal | date=13 August 2008 | access-date=27 March 2011}}
20 August 2008: U.S. drones fire two missiles that hit a compound in South Waziristan, killing 8 militants.{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grLj6xRsGSHp7FJtyLelxa6i3omA |title=Pakistan missile strike kills eight: officials |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=20 August 2008 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315175309/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5grLj6xRsGSHp7FJtyLelxa6i3omA |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}
30 August 2008: Missile strike on Al-Qaeda training camp in South Waziristan kills two militants carrying Canadian passports, and severely wounds Omani warlord/reggae musician Douglas al-Dokk'r.{{cite web | last1=Roggio | first1=Bill | first2=Alexander |last2=Mayer | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/analysis_us_airstrik.php | title=Analysis: A look at US Airstrikes In Pakistan through September 2009 | work=Long War Journal | date=1 October 2009 | access-date=19 December 2011}}
31 August 2008: U.S. drones destroy a house in Tappi village in Miranshah, killing 6 people and injuring 8 including 1 woman and 1 child.{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/9-1-2008/23919.htm |title=6 killed, 8 injured in missile attack in N. Waziristan |work=GEO.tv |date=1 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523072701/http://www.geo.tv/9-1-2008/23919.htm |archive-date=23 May 2013 }}
4 September 2008: U.S. drones fired missiles at a house in Char Khel in North Waziristan killing 4 people.{{cite web|author=Bill Roggio|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/report_us_airstrike.php |title=Report: US airstrike kills 4 in North Waziristan |website=The Long War Journal |date=4 September 2008 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
5 September 2008: U.S. drones fire three missiles, destroying a house which was potentially hosting Arab foreign fighters, killing at least six.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06/world/asia/06pstan.html | newspaper=New York Times | title=U.S. Missiles Killed at Least Six People on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border, Residents Say | date=6 September 2008 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first1=Pir Zubair | last1=Shah | first2=Jane | last2=Perlez}}
8 September 2008: 23 killed in Daande Darpkhel airstrike, near Miranshah, North Waziristan.{{cite news | first=Zeeshan | last=Haider | work=Reuters | date=8 September 2008 | access-date=17 January 2012 | title=U.S. drones hit Taliban commander's Pakistan house | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSISL341948}}
12 September 2008: The Miranshah airstrike kills 12 people and injures 14.{{cite news|newspaper=Standard (Hong Kong) |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=12 September 2008 |title=Suspected US missile kills 12 in Pakistan |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=5916&icid=4&d_str=20080912 |access-date=17 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805021233/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=5916&icid=4&d_str=20080912 |archive-date=5 August 2011 }}
17 September 2008: U.S. drone attack in Baghar Cheena region of South Waziristan kills 5 militants including Al Qaeda operative Abu Ubaydah al Tunisi.{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSISL27126520080917 |work=Reuters |title=Pakistan helps U.S. set up missile strike: source |first=Simon | last=Cameron-Moore | date=17 September 2008}}
23 September 2008 A U.S. drone is reportedly shot down by Pakistani troops or local militia over a tribal area of Pakistan. U.S. officials denied losing any aircraft.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5868933&page=1 |title=U.S. Drone Shot Down in Pakistan |publisher=ABC News |date=23 September 2008 |access-date=19 May 2011}}
30 September 2008: Six killed in a strike near Mir Ali, North Waziristan.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3114374/Pakistan-US-drone-strike-kills-six-people.html Pakistan: US drone strike kills six people], The Daily Telegraph, 1 October 2008
3 October 2008: Two drone attacks hours apart in Datta Khel region of North Waziristan kills 21 militants including 16 foreigners.{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/10-4-2008/26211.htm |title=US missile kills 20 in N. Waziristan |work=GEO.tv |date=4 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712012931/http://www.geo.tv/10-4-2008/26211.htm |archive-date=12 July 2014 }} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150723025602/http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=607937 mirror]}}
9 October 2008: U.S. drone strike killed at least 6 militants including 3 Arabs in Tappi village near Miranshah, North Waziristan.{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4986NO20081009 |work=Reuters |title=U.S. missile attack kills at least 6 in Pakistan | date=9 October 2008}}
11 October 2008: U.S. drone strike at a militant compound in North Waziristan kills 5 people and wounds 2 others.{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/10-12-2008/26731.htm |title=U.S. drone strike kills 5 in North Waziristan |work=GEO.tv |date=12 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314094735/http://www.geo.tv/10-12-2008/26731.htm |archive-date=14 March 2013 }} [http://www.topnews.in/us-drone-strike-kills-5-north-waziristan-275346 mirror]
16 October 2008: Senior Al-Qaeda leader Khalid Habib was killed in a strike near Taparghai, South Waziristan, along with five other Al Qaeda or Taliban members.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/world/asia/18pstan.html | title=U.S. Strike Is Said to Kill Qaeda Figure in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=17 October 2008 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah}}{{cite web | work=LongWarJournal.org | date=10 December 2009 | first=Bill | last=Roggio | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/12/us_strike_kills_four.php | title=US strike kills 4 al Qaeda, 2 Taliban in South Waziristan | access-date=19 December 2011}}
22 October 2008: 4 killed in a village near Miranshah by missiles fired from suspected U.S. drone.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A01E5DA133BF930A15753C1A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon= Strike on Village In Pakistan Kills 4; Drone Is Suspected], The New York Times, 23 October 2008
26 October 2008: 20 killed in a strike in South Waziristan.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7692373.stm 'US strike' kills Taleban leader], BBC, 27 October 2008
31 October 2008: Two missiles fired by U.S. drones kills 7 in Wana, South Waziristan.{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/10-31-2008/27916.htm |title=Suspected missile attack kills 7 in S.Waziristan |work=GEO.tv |date=31 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130314095013/http://www.geo.tv/10-31-2008/27916.htm |archive-date=14 March 2013 }} [http://www.topnewspakistan.com/suspected-missile-attack-kills-7-in-swaziristan/ mirror] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426062054/http://www.topnewspakistan.com/suspected-missile-attack-kills-7-in-swaziristan/ |date=26 April 2012 }}
31 October 2008: 20 killed including Al-Qaeda operative Mohammad Hasan Khalil al-Hakim (alias Abu Jihad al-Masri) after 4 missiles hit Waziristan.[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5059109.ece US airstrikes kill 20 in Pakistani villages]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, The Times, 1 November 2008
7 November 2008: U.S. drones fire four missiles, killing up to 14 militants in Kumsham, North Waziristan.{{cite news|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jlbsctRKE5_0vBDyyTTr7nkLW0yg |title=AFP: Up to 14 dead in suspected US missile strike in Pakistan: officials |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=7 November 2008 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315175351/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jlbsctRKE5_0vBDyyTTr7nkLW0yg |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}
14 November 2008: 12 killed in a strike near Miranshah.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090518193322/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5152912.ece US drone strike kills 12 in Pakistan], The Times, 14 November 2008
19 November 2008: Abdullah Azam al-Saudi and 4 other militants are killed in Bannu district.
22 November 2008: British Al-Qaeda operative Rashid Rauf and 4 others including Abu Zubair al-Masri killed in a strike in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/22/transatlantic-airline-rashid-rauf | title=US kills alleged transatlantic airline plot leader, reports say | newspaper=Guardian | date=22 November 2008 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Jason | last=Burke}}
29 November 2008: U.S. drone strike on Miranshah, North Waziristan kills 3 people.{{Cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/pakistan.missile/index.html?iref=newssearch |publisher=CNN | title=Suspected U.S. missile kills 3 in Pakistan | date=29 November 2008}}
11 December 2008: U.S. drone strike in Azam Warzak, South Waziristan, kills 7 militants.{{Cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINISL23166720081211 |work=Reuters |title=UPDATE 1-Suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 7 |date=11 December 2008 |access-date=2 September 2012 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124071808/https://in.reuters.com/article/idINISL23166720081211 |url-status=dead }}
15 December 2008: U.S. drone strike in Tapi Tool region near Miram Shah, North Waziristan kills 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/12-15-2008/30752.htm |title=US drone strike kills two in Miranshah |work=GEO.tv |date=15 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823153958/http://www.geo.tv/12-15-2008/30752.htm |archive-date=23 August 2012 }}
22 December 2008: At least 8 killed in South Waziristan by suspected U.S. drone strike.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090813062035/http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2008-12/2008-12-22-voa11.cfm?CFID=117382517&CFTOKEN=89264222&jsessionid=de30ab03891a3cff82d05d7f2b3e12685f55 At Least 8 Killed in Suspected US Drone Attack in India], Voice of America, 22 December 2008

=2009=

==January to June==

1 January 2009: 2 senior al-Qaeda leaders Usama al-Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan killed in a missile strike by U.S. drones.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/world/asia/09pstan.html | title=2 Qaeda Leaders Killed in U.S. Strike in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=9 January 2009 | access-date=20 June 2015 | first=Eric | last=Schmitt}}
2 January 2009: U.S. drone strike in Ladha, South Waziristan kills 4 people.{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/1-2-2009/31753.htm |title=4 killed in US drone attack in S Waziristan |work=GEO.tv |date=2 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620145007/http://www.geo.tv/1-2-2009/31753.htm |archive-date=20 June 2012 }}
23 January 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.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7847423.stm | title=Deadly missiles strike Pakistan |work=BBC News | date=23 January 2009 | access-date=27 December 2011}} According to the London Sunday Times, 19 people, all civilians, were killed, including four children.London Sunday Times, "Drone One Force", 3 June 2012, p. 15. One of the injured talked about his experience and recovery years after the strike.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/23/drone-strike-victim-barack-obama|title=Victim of Obama's first drone strike: 'I am the living example of what drones are'|newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 January 2016 |last1=Ackerman |first1=Spencer }}
14 February 2009: More than 30 killed when two missiles are launched by drones near town of Makeen in South Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/asia/15pstan.html | title=U.S. Airstrike Kills 25 in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=15 February 2009 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah}}
16 February 2009: Strike in Kurram Valley kills 30, reportedly at a Taliban training camp for fighters preparing to combat coalition forces in Afghanistan.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/16/pakistan-us-missile-strike | title=US missile strike kills 30 in Pakistan | newspaper=Guardian | date=16 February 2009 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Saeed | last=Shah}}
1 March 2009: Strike in Sararogha village in South Waziristan kills 7 people.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7917604.stm Missiles 'kill seven' in Pakistan], BBC, 1 March 2009
12 March 2009: 24 killed in attack in Berju in Kurram Agency.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/seven-killed-in-drone-attack-in-lower-kurram-agency--il |title=24 killed, 50 hurt in Central Kurram drone strikes |newspaper=Dawn |date=13 March 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
15 March 2009 4 killed in Jani Khel in Bannu district in North-West Frontier Province.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/world/asia/17drone.html | title=Missile Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=17 March 2009 | access-date=19 December 2011 | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah}}
25 March 2009: 7 killed in attacks on 2 vehicles by two missiles in Makin area of South Waziristan at 6:30 pm.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7963865.stm Drone attack reported in Pakistan], BBC, 26 March 2009
26 March 2009: 4 killed in Essokhel area in North Waziristan.[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Suspected-US-missile-strike-kills-four-in-Pakistan-Officials/articleshow/4317107.cms?TOI_latestnews Suspected US missile strike kills four in Pakistan: Officials], The Times of India, 26 March 2009 {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
1 April 2009: 14 killed in Orakzai Agency tribal area.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7975871.stm |title=Many killed in 'US drone attack' |work=BBC News | date=1 April 2009 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
4 April 2009: 13 killed in North Waziristan.{{Cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE53309720090404 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035616/https://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE53309720090404 | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 November 2020 |work=Reuters |title=U.S. missile kills 13 in Pakistan | date=4 April 2009}}
8 April 2009: 4 killed in attack on a vehicle in Gangi Khel in South Waziristan.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/two-killed-in-suspected-drone-attack-in-south-waziristan--il |title=Four dead in suspected drone attack in South Waziristan |newspaper=Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409030243/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/two-killed-in-suspected-drone-attack-in-south-waziristan--il |archive-date=9 April 2010 }}
19 April 2009: At least 3 killed and 5 injured in an attack in South Waziristan[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8006646.stm 'US strike' on Pakistan militants], BBC, 19 April 2009
29 April 2009: U.S. drone strike in Kanni Garam village in South Waziristan kills 6 people.[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/11-six-dead-in-suspected-us-drone-attack--07 Six dead in suspected US drone attack], Dawn (newspaper), 29 April 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502100212/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/11-six-dead-in-suspected-us-drone-attack--07 |date=2 May 2009 }}
9 May 2009: U.S. drone strike in Sararogha in South Waziristan kills 6 people.[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/suspected+us+drone+strike+kills+six+-rs 15 dead in Waziristan drone attack, ambush]Dawn (newspaper), 10 May 2009 {{Cite web |url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/suspected%2Bus%2Bdrone%2Bstrike%2Bkills%2Bsix%2B-rs |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 May 2017 |archive-date=13 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513024935/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/suspected%2Bus%2Bdrone%2Bstrike%2Bkills%2Bsix%2B-rs |url-status=bot: unknown }}
12 May 2009: U.S. drone strike in Sra Khawra village in South Waziristan kills 8 people.{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8045106.stm |work=BBC News |title=Drone kills eight in Pakistan | date=12 May 2009 | access-date=1 May 2010}}
16 May 2009: U.S. drone strike in village of Sarkai Naki in North Waziristan with multiple missiles kills 25–29 people.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/world/asia/17pstan.html | title=25 Militants Are Killed in Attack in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=17 May 2009 | access-date=22 December 2011 | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah}} According to later reports, the first missile killed a dozen Taliban preparing to cross the border into Afghanistan. At least two more missiles struck rescuers who came to their aid, killing more Taliban, but also six civilians as well.Lamb, Christina, Chris Woods, and Rahimullah Yusufzai, "Covert CIA Drones Kill Hundreds Of Civilians", London Sunday Times, 5 February 2012, p. 28.
14 June 2009: U.S. drone strike on a vehicle in South Waziristan kills 5 civilians.
18 June 2009: Two U.S. drone strikes in Shahalam village in South Waziristan kills at least 13 people.{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/06/200961875855867303.html |title=Pakistan 'hideouts hit by US drone' |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=18 June 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8106686.stm |work=BBC News |title=Air raid 'kills nine' in Pakistan | date=18 June 2009}}
22 June 2009: U.S. drone strike in Waziristan kills at least 150-180 civilians (including children) who were attending a funeral and were peacefully gathered.

23 June 2009: U.S. drone strike in Neej Narai in South Waziristan kills at least 8 civilians.[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-suspected-us-drone-strikes-swaziristan-qs-03 Suspected US missile strike kills six in South Waziristan], Dawn (newspaper), 23 June 2009 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106185310/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-suspected-us-drone-strikes-swaziristan-qs-03 |date=6 January 2011 }}
23 June 2009: Makeen airstrike kills at least 80 innocents 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/us-drone-attack-claims-80-lives-in-pakistan | title=U.S. drone attack claims 80 lives in Pakistan | work=Japantoday.com | date=26 June 2009 | access-date=27 March 2011 }}[http://www.punjabitehelka.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=632&Itemid=33 mirror] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120909175313/http://www.punjabitehelka.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=632&Itemid=33 |date=9 September 2012 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/82552/u-s-drone-attack-on-pakistan-condemned.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701064930/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/82552/u-s-drone-attack-on-pakistan-condemned.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 July 2009 | title=U.S. Drone Attack on Pakistan Condemned | work=Turkish Weekly | date=29 June 2009 | access-date=27 March 2011 }}

==July to December==

7 July 2009: U.S. drone strike in Zangarha in South Waziristan kills at least 12 innocent people.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8137640.stm |title='US strike' on Pakistan militants |work=BBC News |date=7 July 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
8 July 2009: U.S. drone strike on a hideout in Karwan Manza area and on a vehicle convoy in South Waziristan kills at least 50 people.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8139739.stm |title=BBC – Drones 'kill dozens' in Pakistan |work=BBC News |date=8 July 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315175959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8139739.stm |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}
10 July 2009: U.S. drones take out a Taliban communication center killing between 5–8 militants in Painda Khel, South Waziristan.{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE56A0NE20090711 |work=Reuters |title=FACTBOX – U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan | date=11 July 2009}}
17 July 2009: U.S. drone strike on a house in North Waziristan kills 4 people.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8156039.stm |title=Four die in Pakistan 'drone raid' |work=BBC News |date=17 July 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
5 August 2009: U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan killed 12, including Baitullah Mehsud, his wife, and his wife's parents.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8220762.stm|title=Taliban confirm commander's death|date=25 August 2009|publisher=BBC |access-date=2 November 2009}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8282174.stm|title=Taliban film shows leader is dead|date=30 September 2009|publisher=BBC |access-date=2 November 2009}} The kill was confirmed after weeks of uncertainty over their fate.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8184734.stm |title='Drone attack' kills Taliban wife |work=BBC News |date=5 August 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8192893.stm|title= Pakistan to seek Mehsud DNA proof|date=10 August 2009|publisher=BBC |access-date=11 August 2009}}
11 August 2009: U.S. drone strike in Ladha village, South Waziristan, kills 10.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8194731.stm|title=Pakistan drone attack 'kills 10'|date=11 August 2009|publisher=BBC |access-date=11 August 2009}}
21 August 2009: U.S. drone strike on the village of Darpa Kheil, North Waziristan, reportedly targeting Sirajuddin Haqqani kills at least 21 people.{{Cite news |title = U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan, at least 3 dead |work=Reuters |date=20 August 2009 |url = https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57J6WM20090820| access-date =21 August 2009}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8213354.stm|title= Deadly missile strike in Pakistan|date=21 August 2009|publisher=BBC |access-date=22 August 2009}}{{cite news | last=Afzal | first=Hussain | url=http://militarytimes.com/news/2009/08/ap_pakistan_strike_082109/ | title=Toll from Pakistan missile strike rises to 21 | newspaper=Military Times | agency=Associated Press | date=21 August 2009 | access-date=22 December 2011}}
27 August 2009: U.S. drone missile strike on the Tapar Ghai area in the Kanigram (Kanigoram) district in South Waziristan kills up to 8 people.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8224289.stm |title=Militants die in drone attack |work=BBC News |date=27 August 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-42024420090827 |title=U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan |publisher=In.reuters.com |date=27 August 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124071709/https://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-42024420090827 |url-status=dead }} One of the dead was confirmed by the Taliban to be Tohir Yo‘ldosh (Tahir Yuldashev), leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.{{cite news | last=Ahmad | first=Munir | newspaper=Seattle Times | agency=Associated Press | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2009982652_apaspakistan.html | title=Pakistan: US Missile Said To Kill A Top Militant | date=2 October 2009 | access-date=18 December 2011}}{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=Tahir Yuldashev Confirmed Killed In US Strike In South Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=4 October 2009 | access-date=18 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/tahir_yuldashev_conf.php}}
8 September 2009: U.S. drone fired missiles kill 10 in North Waziristan.{{Cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/20099815473888170.html|title= Deaths in Pakistan drone attack |date=8 September 2009|publisher=Al Jazeera English|access-date=8 September 2009}} 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.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=Senior Al Qaeda Leaders Reported Killed In North Waziristan Strike | work=Long War Journal | date=8 September 2009 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/09/senior_al_qaeda_lead_6.php | access-date=22 December 2011}}
14 September 2009: U.S. drone fired missile kills four people in a car {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} from Mir Ali in North Waziristan.{{cite news | last=Dawar | first=Rasool | agency=Associated Press | url=http://militarytimes.com/news/2009/09/ap_pakistan_missile_attack_091409/ | title=4 killed in missile attack in Pakistan | newspaper=Military Times | date=14 September 2009 | access-date=22 December 2011}}
24 September 2009: U.S. drone fired missile kills up to 12 people in the village of Dande Darpa Khel near Mir Ali.{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | title=Suspected U.S. UAV strike kills 12 in Pakistan | date=25 September 2009 | last=Dawar | first=Rasool | url=http://militarytimes.com/news/2009/09/ap_pakistan_strike_092509/ | newspaper=Military Times | access-date=22 December 2011}}
29 September 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.{{Cite news | agency=Associated Press | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world/asia/30briefs-Pakistan.html | title=Pakistan: Missile Attacks Reportedly Kill 13 Insurgents | newspaper=New York Times | date=30 September 2009}}
30 September 2009: U.S. drones fire missiles at a Taliban compound and vehicle killing 8 in Novak, North Waziristan.{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/2009930113649164906.html |title=US strike 'kills Pakistan Taliban'|publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=30 September 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
15 October 2009: U.S. drone missile killed at least four people in North Waziristan.{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8308157.stm |work=BBC News | title='US drone' kills four in Pakistan | date=15 October 2009 | access-date=1 May 2010}}
21 October 2009: Alleged U.S. drone missile killed two or three alleged militants in Spalaga, North Waziristan in territory controlled by Hafiz Gul Bahadur.{{cite news |first=Hussain |last=Afzal |agency=Associated Press |url=http://militarytimes.com/news/2009/10/ap_pakistan_missile_strike_102109/ | newspaper=Military Times | date=21 October 2009 |title=Missile strike could complicate Pakistan battle | access-date=22 December 2011}} 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 U.S. counterterrorism operations.Hodge, Amanda, "[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26246407-2703,00.html US drone takes out al-Qa'ida kingpin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025103000/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26246407-2703,00.html |date=25 October 2009 }}", The Australian, 23 October 2009.
24 October 2009: Alleged U.S. drone strike killed 27, in Damadolla, inside Bajaur tribal agency.{{cite web|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/24-Oct-2009/death-toll-rises-to-27-in-bajaur-drone-attack |title=Death toll rises to 27 in Bajaur drone attack |work=Nation (Pakistan) |date=24 October 2009 |access-date=22 December 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920164136/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/24-Oct-2009/Death-toll-rises-to-27-in-Bajaur-drone-attack |archive-date=20 September 2011 }} 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.{{cite web|last=Roggio |first=Bill |title=Bajaur Strike Hit Taliban, Al Qaeda Strategy Meeting |work=Long War Journal |date=24 October 2009 |access-date=22 December 2011 |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/10/bajaur_strike_hit_taliban_al_q.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111205618/http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/10/bajaur_strike_hit_taliban_al_q.php |archive-date=11 January 2012 }}
5 November 2009: 2 killed in Miranshah town in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-11-05-voa5/415085.html | title=Suspected US Drone Attack Kills 2 in Pakistan | newspaper=Voice of America | date=5 November 2009 | access-date=18 December 2011}}
18 November 2009: 4 killed and 5 injured in Shanakhora village of North Waziristan, {{convert|12|mi|km}} south of Miranshah.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTRQcdNeByfeRiEv2X5yL-HERq4w |title=US missile hits militants in Pakistan tribal area: officials |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=18 November 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315180439/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gTRQcdNeByfeRiEv2X5yL-HERq4w |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}
20 November 2009: 8 killed in the Machikhel area near the town of Mir Ali.{{Cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8369795.stm |work=BBC News |title=Pakistan drone attack kills eight | date=20 November 2009 | access-date=1 May 2010}}
8 December 2009: 3 killed in a car near Miranshah in North Waziristan, reportedly including 2 Al Qaeda members.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8400800.stm US drone attack kills three 'militants' in Pakistan], BBC, 8 December 2009 Senior Al qaeda planner Saleh al-Somali, from Somalia, is believed killed in this strike.{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/Terrorism/al-qaeda-operations-planner-saleh-al-somali-believed/story?id=9314585 | title=Al Qaeda Operations Planner Saleh Al-Somali Believed Dead in Drone Strike | work=ABC News | date=11 December 2009 |access-date=22 December 2009 | first1=Luis | last1= Martinez | first2=Martha | last2=Raddatz}}
9 December 2009: Six killed in Tanga, Ladha, South Waziristan, reportedly consisting of four Al Qaeda and two Taliban members.
17 December 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."[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8417756.stm Twelve killed' in US drone strikes in Pakistan], BBC, 17 December 2009{{cite news | last1=Mahsud |first1=Shtiaq | first2=Rasool | last2=Dawar | agency=Associated Press | url=http://militarytimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_pakistan_strike_121709/ | title=Pakistan: U.S. strike kills 17 in Waziristan | newspaper=Military Times | date=17 December 2009 | access-date=22 December 2011}} The attack was aimed at Sheikh Saeed al Saudi, Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law and a member of al Qaeda's executive council, but al Saudi survived. The attack did kill Abdullah Said al Libi, the commander of, and Zuhaib al Zahibi, a commander in, the Lashkar al-Zil.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/us_predators_kill_13.php US Predators kill 13 'militants' in North Waziristan strike]", The Long War Journal, 6 May 2011.
18 December 2009: 3 killed in an attack in Dattakhel region in North Waziristan.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8420701.stm Another Pakistan drone strike 'kills three militants'], BBC, 18 December 2009
26 December 2009: 13 killed in an attack in Saidgai village in North Waziristan{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/27/content_12711502.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154642/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/27/content_12711502.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |title=U.S. drone attack kills 13 in NW Pakistan |publisher=News.xinhuanet.com |date=27 December 2009 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
31 December 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.[http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/31/pakistan.drone.strike/ Suspected drone attack kills 3 in Pakistan], CNN, 31 December 2009

=2010=

==January to March==

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1 January 2010: Missile strike on a vehicle near Ghundikala village in North Waziristan kills 3.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-drone-strike-kills-three-militants-in-n-waziristan-ha-04 |title=At least six killed in two drone attacks in North Waziristan |newspaper=Dawn |date=1 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106185551/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-drone-strike-kills-three-militants-in-n-waziristan-ha-04 |archive-date=6 January 2011 }}
3 January 2010: 5 people including 3 Arabs killed in an attack on Mosakki village in North Waziristan.{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-us-drone-attack-kills-two-in-north-waziristan-rs-04 |title=US drone attack kills five in North Waziristan |work=Dawn |date=3 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106185600/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-us-drone-attack-kills-two-in-north-waziristan-rs-04 |archive-date=6 January 2011 }}
6 January 2010: 2 separate missile strikes one hour apart kill approximately 35 people in Sanzalai village, North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07drones.html | title=U.S. Drone Strikes Reported in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=6 January 2010 | first1=Ismail | last1=Khan | first2=Salman | last2=Masood | access-date=22 December 2011}}
8 January 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hjhjJkAEEfP5ckql8NdG6VqBHy5g |title=US missile strike 'kills five' in NW Pakistan |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=8 January 2010 |newspaper=Google News |access-date=22 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111081543/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hjhjJkAEEfP5ckql8NdG6VqBHy5g |archive-date=11 January 2010 }}
9 January 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.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/pakistan.drone.strike/ | title=4 killed in suspected drone strike in Pakistan | work=CNN | date=9 January 2010 | access-date=22 December 2011}}{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | title=Pakistani Officials: Suspected U.S. Missiles Kill 4 | date=9 January 2010 | access-date=22 December 2011 | newspaper=Seattle Times | first=Rasool | last=Dawar | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010739118_apaspakistan.html}} Mahmoud Mahdi Zeidan, bodyguard for al Qaeda leader Sayeed al-Masri, was reported killed in either the 8 or 9 January airstrike.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press |title=Jordanian al-Qaida bodyguard killed by US drone on Afghan-Pakistan border, brother says |work=Canadaeast.com |date=13 January 2010 |access-date=22 December 2011 |first=Jamal |last=Halaby |url=http://www.canadaeast.com/news/article/918829 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111133914/http://www.canadaeast.com/news/article/918829 |archive-date=11 January 2012 }} Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim who was allegedly involved in hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986 was also reported killed in this strike.{{cite news | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/asia/16pstan.html | title=Strike Killed Hijacking Suspect | newspaper=New York Times | date=15 January 2010 | access-date=18 December 2011}}
13 January 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. The apparent target of the strike was Hakimullah Mehsud, who reportedly left the compound before the attack occurred.[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/19-suspected-drone-strikes-in-shaktoai-south-waziristan-casualties-feared-hh-05 US drone targets Hakimullah Mehsud], Dawn (newspaper), 15 January 2010 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106185631/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/19-suspected-drone-strikes-in-shaktoai-south-waziristan-casualties-feared-hh-05 |date=6 January 2011 }}{{cite news|first=S. H. |last=Khan |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6WHgnvu5mGXr4Z5QGCbyJpdHbWA |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124182040/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i6WHgnvu5mGXr4Z5QGCbyJpdHbWA |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=Pakistani Taliban release audio of leader |work=Google News |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=15 January 2010 |access-date=18 December 2011 }}
15 January 2010: Missile strike in Zanini village near Mir Ali in North Waziristan kills 3 people.{{cite news |work=BBC News | title=Three militants 'killed' in Pakistan drone strike | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8462195.stm | date=15 January 2010 | access-date=17 January 2012}}
15 January 2010: Second missile strike of the day kills 6 in Bichi village in North Waziristan.{{citation needed | date=December 2011}}
17 January 2010: Missile strike in Shaktoi area of South Waziristan kills at least 20 people.{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010816010_apaspakistan.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714195928/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010816010_apaspakistan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2012 |title=Pakistani officials: Suspected US drone kills 20 |newspaper=Seattle Times |agency=Associated Press |date=17 January 2010 |access-date=22 December 2011 |first=Rasool |last=Dawar }} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-taliban-confirm-hakeemullahs-death-ss-01 |title=Hakimullah dead, say US channels, newspapers |work=Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329112234/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-taliban-confirm-hakeemullahs-death-ss-01 |archive-date=29 March 2010 }}
19 January 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.{{cite web | url=http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=ad73079f-13f5-4bbd-8611-bc7b10ddb902 | title=Six killed in US drone attack in North Waziristan | date=19 January 2010 | access-date=23 December 2011 | work=Chennaionline | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203195641/http://news.chennaionline.com/newsitem.aspx?NEWSID=ad73079f-13f5-4bbd-8611-bc7b10ddb902 | archive-date=3 February 2016 | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news | title=Pakistan: Suspected Drone Strike Kills 5 | newspaper=New York Times | date=20 January 2010 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=29 December 2011 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/world/asia/20briefs-Pakistan.html}}
24 January 2010: A U.S. drone crashes over North Waziristan, allegedly after being shot down by local tribesmen.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7067491/Pakistani-tribesmen-shoot-down-US-drone.html | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | title=Pakistani tribesmen 'shoot down' US drone | date=24 January 2010 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
29 January 2010: 15 killed when drones fire 3 missiles on a compound belonging to Haqqani network in Muhammad Khel town in North Waziristan.{{cite news | title=U.S. Missiles Kill 9 Taliban in Pakistan | date=30 January 2010 | url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584363,00.html |access-date=29 December 2011 | work=Fox News | agency=Associated Press}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/world/asia/31pstan.html |title=Missile Strikes Kill 15 in Pakistani Tribal Region, Officials Say | newspaper=New York Times | date=31 January 2010 |access-date=23 December 2011 |first=Pir Zubair |last=Khan}}
2 February 2010: Up to 8 U.S. drones fired missiles at 4 different villages of North Waziristan killing at least 29 people.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/02/pakistan.drone.strike/ | title=Sources: Drone strikes kill 29 in Pakistan |work=CNN |date=2 February 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011}}{{cite news | last=Shah | first=Pir Zubair | title=U.S. Drones Said To Strike Along Border In Pakistan |newspaper=New York Times | date=3 February 2010 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/world/asia/03pstan.html | access-date=29 December 2011}}
14 February 2010: 5 killed in a strike near Mir Ali in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-violence-idUSTRE61D0TX20100214 | title=U.S. drone kills five in northwest Pakistan | work=Reuters | date=14 February 2010 | access-date=29 December 2011 |first1=Haziz | last1=Wazir | first2=Haji | last2=Mujtaba}}
15 February 2010: Abdul Haq al-Turkistani, leader of the Turkistani Islamic Party, is killed by a drone missile strike in North Waziristan.{{cite news | work=Reuters | title=China militant said killed in US strike in Pakistan | date=1 March 2010 | access-date=29 December 2011 | url=http://in.reuters.com/article/pakistan-china-militant-idINLDE62027Y20100301 | first=Alamgir | last=Bitani | archive-date=16 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516204916/https://in.reuters.com/article/pakistan-china-militant-idINLDE62027Y20100301 | url-status=dead }}
17 February 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.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=Senior Al Qaeda Military Commander Killed In Predator Strike | work=Long War Journal | date=20 February 2010 | access-date=23 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/02/senior_al_qaeda_mili.php}}
18 February 2010: 4 killed in a strike in Northwest Waziristan including Mohammed Haqqani, the brother of Afghan Taliban commander Siraj who leads the Haqqani network.{{Cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/asia/20pstan.html | newspaper=New York Times | title=Missile Kills Militant's Brother in Pakistan | date=20 February 2010 | access-date=23 December 2011 | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah}}{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/haqqani-brother-killed-us-drone-attack-pakistan/story?id=9884855 | title=Haqqani Brother Killed in U.S. Drone Attack in Pakistan | work=ABC News | access-date=23 December 2011 | first=Nick | last=Schifrin | date=19 February 2010}} The missiles hit a vehicle belonging to Siraj that Mohammed was riding in, but Siraj was not in the vehicle at the time. Mohammed and Siraj were reportedly attending the funeral of Sheikh Mansoor, who had been killed by a drone strike the day before.
24 February 2010: Missiles fired by a U.S. drone killed at least 13 militants at a compound and at a vehicle in the Dargah Mandi area of North Waziristan. Among the dead include Rana Afzal, the man behind the FIA HQ bombing in Lahore. Qari Mohammed Zafar, the head of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the person responsible for the 2002 and 2006 bombing of the U.S. consulate in Karachi was killed in this drone strike.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8533777.stm Drone attack 'kills four' in north-west Pakistan], BBC, 24 February 2010{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/world/asia/25pstan.html | title=Drone Attack Reported in Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=25 February 2010 | access-date=23 December 2011 | first=Pir Zubair | last=Shah}}[http://www.zeenews.com/news607089.html 3 top Taliban militants among nine killed in drone attack], Zee News, 24 February 2010
8 March 2010: Three missiles fired by U.S. drone aircraft killed five militants and wounded three in Miranshah.{{cite news|last=Khan |first=Hasbanullah |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hq3Juf24xZy5MMioCYxq3Pzq8Xpw |title=AFP: US drone strike kills five in NW Pakistan |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=8 March 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315094638/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hq3Juf24xZy5MMioCYxq3Pzq8Xpw |archive-date=15 March 2010 }} Hussein al-Yemeni (also called Sadam Hussein Al Hussami), an Al Qaeda terrorist who planned the Camp Chapman attack, died in this strike.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8573652.stm |work=BBC News |title=Key al-Qaeda man 'died in strike' | date=18 March 2010 | access-date=1 May 2010}}
10 March 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, survived the strike.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8561357.stm |work=BBC News |title=Pakistan drone raid 'kills 12' | date=11 March 2010 | access-date=1 May 2010}}{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=Top North Waziristan Taliban Leader Bahadar Rumored Killed In US Strike | work=Long War Journal | date=11 March 2010 | access-date=23 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/03/top_north_waziristan.php}}
16 March 2010: Eight to ten militants were killed in a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan's Datakhel area. The militants were reportedly al Qaeda fighters, mainly Afghan, but included two officials from Syria and Egypt.{{cite web|last1=Yousafzai |first1=Sami |first2=Ron |last2=Moreau |title=Inside Al Qaeda |work=Newsweek |date=4 September 2010 |access-date=23 December 2011 |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/09/04/inside-al-qaeda.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204221016/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/09/04/inside-al-qaeda.html |archive-date=4 February 2013 }}
17 March 2010: Two U.S. Drone strikes killed 9 militants. In the first attack, the drones fired five missiles at two vehicles, killing six militants. Late, drones fired 2 missiles at a compound in Datta Khel, killing 3 militants.{{cite web | first=Bill | last=Roggio | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/03/us_kills_eight_terro.php | title=US kills 8 terrorists in 2 new airstrikes in North Waziristan | date=17 March 2010 | access-date=30 December 2011 | work=Long War Journal}}
23 March 2010: U.S. 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.{{cite web| first=Bill | last=Roggio | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/03/us_kills_4_in_strike.php | title=US kills 6 in strike against Haqqani Network | date=23 March 2010 | access-date=30 December 2011 | work=Long War Journal}}
27 March 2010: Drone strike in Mir Ali in North Waziristan kills 4 militants.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-us+missiles+kill+four+in+north+waziristan--bi-04 |title=US missiles kill four in North Waziristan |newspaper=Dawn |date=28 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106185853/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-us%2Bmissiles%2Bkill%2Bfour%2Bin%2Bnorth%2Bwaziristan--bi-04 |archive-date=6 January 2011 }}
30 March 2010: U.S. drone fired three missiles, killing 5–6 civilians and injure two, among the death are two women and one child.

==April to June==

12 April 2010: Missiles fired by a U.S. drone kill 13 people in North Waziristan, village elders said all thirteen killed were civilians.{{cite web | url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/10/obama-2010-strikes/ | title=Obama 2010 Strikes | date=10 August 2011 | work=The Bureau of Investigative Journalism | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=3 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203195642/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/10/obama-2010-strikes/ | url-status=dead }}
14 April 2010: U.S. 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.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8620895.stm |work=BBC News |title=Drones strike Pakistan militants | date=14 April 2010 | access-date=1 May 2010}}{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | work=Long War Journal |title=US Strikes Kill 6 In North Waziristan | date=16 April 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/us_strikes_kills_6_i_1.php}}
16 April 2010: U.S. 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-drone-strike-near-miramshah-in-north-waziristan-ss-05 |title=Two drone strikes take place in North Waziristan |newspaper=Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106185900/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-drone-strike-near-miramshah-in-north-waziristan-ss-05 |archive-date=6 January 2011 }}
24 April 2010: U.S. drones kill 7 militants in North Waziristan in the village of Marsi Khel near Miramshah.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=US Airstrike Kills 7 Taliban In North Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=24 April 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/04/us_sirstrike_kills_7.php}}
26 April 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.{{cite news | title=Drone strike kills four suspected Pakistani militants | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8643633.stm |work=BBC News | date=26 April 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | title=U.S. drone strike kills five in Pakistan | url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pakistan-violence-idUKTRE63P0Q220100426 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203195642/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-pakistan-violence-idUKTRE63P0Q220100426 | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 February 2016 | work=Reuters | date=26 April 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
3 May 2010: 4 militants are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan{{cite web | first=Bill | last=Roggio | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/us_airstrike_kills_4_1.php | title=US airstrike kills 4 'militants' in North Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=3 May 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
9 May 2010: 10 militants are killed in a drone strike in North Waziristan{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8670584.stm | title='US drone' missile strike hits north-west Pakistan | date=9 May 2010 |work=BBC | access-date=9 May 2010}}
11 May 2010: At least 24 militants are killed in two separate U.S. drone strikes in which the U.S. 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.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8674104.stm | title= US drone 'kills 24 suspected militants' in Pakistan | date=11 May 2010 |work=BBC | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-us-drone-attack-kills-six-in-north-waziristan-zj-02 |title=US missiles kill at least 24 in North Waziristan |date=11 May 2010 |newspaper=Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516203459/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-us-drone-attack-kills-six-in-north-waziristan-zj-02 |archive-date=16 May 2010 }}
15 May 2010: At least 15 killed in Khyber Agency in the first such strike in this area.{{Cite news|title=Officials: US missiles kill 5 in NW Pakistan|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/15/AR2010051501012.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=15 May 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28874 |title=US drone strikes kill 15 in Khyber |date=16 May 2010 |newspaper=The News International |access-date=16 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100518141950/http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28874 |archive-date=18 May 2010 }}
21 May 2010: U.S. 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.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/world/asia/01qaeda.html | title=Strike Said to Kill a Top Al Qaeda Leader | last=Schmitt | first=Eric | date=1 June 2010 | newspaper=New York Times | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65007720100601 | title=U.S. believes it killed al Qaeda No. 3 | last=Haider | first=Zeeshan | date=1 June 2010 | work=Reuters | access-date=27 December 2011}} Other dead in this strike include two foreign militants, one of whom was reportedly Filipino. Five women and two children were reported injured.{{cite news | title=Officials: U.S. missile strike leaves 10 dead in Pakistan | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Arizona Republic | date=23 May 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | url=http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/05/23/20100523PakistanMissile0523.html}}
28 May 2010: U.S. drone strike killed 11 militants and wounded three others in the Nazai Narai area of South Waziristan.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100528/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan |access-date=2 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605175916/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100528/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan |archive-date=5 June 2010|title=Attackers strike sect mosques in Pakistan; 80 dead}}
9 June 2010: U.S. drone strike killed 3 people in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/10/drone-strike-kills-3-in-pakistan/ | work=CNN | title=Drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan | date=10 June 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=13 June 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613114312/http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/10/drone-strike-kills-3-in-pakistan/ | url-status=dead }}
10 June 2010: U.S. drones fired 6 missiles on a housing compound near Miran Shah at the Afghan-Pakistan border, killing 15 alleged militants.{{cite news | title=Officials: US missiles kill 15 in NW Pakistan | url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012079122_apaspakistan.html | newspaper=Seattle Times | agency=Associated Press | date=10 June 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Rasool | last=Dawar}}
19 June 2010: U.S. drone fired a missile striking a house in Haider Khel village near North Waziristan's Mir Ali town killing 16 militants.{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-06/19/c_13357992.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708233419/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-06/19/c_13357992.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 July 2010 | title=Death toll rises to 15 in U.S. drone attacks in NW Pakistan | work=Xinhua | date=19 June 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}} Al Qaeda leader Abu Ahmed Tarkash was among the dead.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-suspected-us-missile-kills-three-in-north-waziristan-zj-06 |title=Al Qaeda man among 16 killed in drone attack |date=20 June 2010 |newspaper=Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101022180929/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-suspected-us-missile-kills-three-in-north-waziristan-zj-06 |archive-date=22 October 2010 }}
26 June 2010:A U.S. missile strike killed 7 militants in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border. The missile, fired by an unmanned drone, destroyed a house near Mir Ali in North Waziristan. One of the dead men was a foreigner.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia_pacific/10423780.stm |title='US drone' kills two in Pakistan border area |work=BBC News |date=26 June 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
29 June 2010: U.S. drone fired two missiles hitting a house near in Wana, South Waziristan killing at least 8 militants, including Hamza al-Jufi an Egyptian member of Al Qaeda.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/world/asia/30pstan.html | title=Qaeda Figure Is Reported Killed in Pakistan | last=Shah | first=Pir Zubair |date=29 June 2010 | newspaper=New York Times | access-date=27 December 2011}}

==July to September==

15 July 2010: A drone strike in North Waziristan killed 14 suspected militants in a region under the control of Hafiz Gul Bahadar.{{cite news | url=http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/15/u-s-drone-strike-kills-7/ | work=CNN | title=Security Brief: U.S. drone strike kills 7 | date=15 July 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=11 January 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111165348/http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/15/u-s-drone-strike-kills-7/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/07/us_predator_strike_k_2.php | title=US Predator Strike Kills 10 In North Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=15 July 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
24 July 2010: U.S. drones fired at least five missiles at a militant compound in Dwasarak village, about 40 miles west of Wana, in South Waziristan killing 16 militants.{{cite news |work=BBC News | title=Pakistan drone attack 'kills 16 militants' | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10748616 | date=24 July 2010 | access-date=17 January 2012}}
25 July 2010: U.S. drones fired two missiles and hit a double-cabin pickup carrying militants in Shaktoi village in South Waziristan. Taliban sources said 14 militants were killed and two others were injured in the attack. The militants belonged to the Hakimullah Mehsud-led Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
25 July 2010: U.S. drones launched their second strike of the day when two missiles hit a house where some militants were having dinner in Landikhel village of Sararogha Tehsil in South Waziristan. Four militants that belonged to TTP were killed and five others sustained injuries.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
25 July 2010: U.S. drones launched their unprecedented third strike on the same day when they fired two missiles at a house in Taipi village near Miran Shah, the main town in North Waziristan, killing 7 suspected militants.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
14 August 2010: U.S. drone fired three missiles at a compound in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, killing at least 13 militants including Taliban commander, Amir Moaviya.{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/13-Taliban-militants-killed-in-US-drone-strike-in-Pakistan/articleshow/6314628.cms |work=The Times Of India |title=13 Taliban militants killed in US drone strike in Pakistan | date=15 August 2010}}{{cite news|last=Khan |first=Hasbanullh |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_SSAToBCvJ81UV3JUJy1yn9am5g |title=AFP: US drone strike kills 13 in Pakistan |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=14 August 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817013424/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_SSAToBCvJ81UV3JUJy1yn9am5g |archive-date=17 August 2010 }}
21 August 2010: A U.S. drone strike near Miran Shah, North Waziristan, kills 6 militants.{{Cite news | url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/drone_strike_kills_in_pakistan_MBD605duEtAo58bo23DynK | newspaper=New York Post | agency=Associated Press | title=Drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan | date=21 August 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
23 August 2010: Missiles fired from U.S. drones in North Waziristan kill 10 alleged militants and ten civilians. Four women and three children are among the dead.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE67M0M6 | work=Reuters | title=US Drone strike kills 20 people in Pakistan | date=23 August 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | last=Dilanian | first=Ken | url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-drone-strikes-20110222,0,5033756.story | title=CIA drones may be avoiding Pakistani civilians | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=22 February 2011 | access-date=1 January 2012}}
27 August 2010: Missiles fired from U.S. drones in the Kurram Agency hit 2 vehicle killing 5 suspected militants, the first such reported drone strike in the Kurram Agency.{{Cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSGE67R00E |work=Reuters |title=Five killed in U.S. strike in Pakistan-officials | date=28 August 2010}}
3 September 2010: 2 separate drone strikes kill 12–15 suspected militants in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.aaj.tv/2010/09/drone-strikes-in-north-waziriastan-killing-5-people/ | title=Two US drone strikes kill 12 in North Waziristan | work=AAJ News | agency=Agence France-Presse | date=3 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=23 July 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723081811/http://www.aaj.tv/2010/09/drone-strikes-in-north-waziriastan-killing-5-people/ | url-status=dead }} The first strike was near Miramshah, killing six militants. The second strike was near Data Khel, targeting the home of Gul Adam, and killed nine militants. SAMAA TV reported that a local Taliban commander named Inayatullah was reportedly killed in the strike.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=US Predators Kill 15 'militants' in pair Of strikes In North Waziristan | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/us_predators_strike_2.php | work=Long War Journal | date=3 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
4 September 2010: U.S. drones struck two vehicles in Datta Khel village in North Waziristan district and killed four suspected militants.{{cite news | title=4 dead after suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/09/04/pakistan.drone.strike/ | work=CNN | date=4 September 2010 | access-date=17 January 2012}}
6 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan kills 5 suspected militants.{{cite news | url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-06/world/pakistan.drone.strike_1_drone-strike-tribal-region-north-waziristan?_s=PM:WORLD | work=CNN | title=Suspected drone strike kills 5 suspected militants | date=6 September 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305021211/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-06/world/pakistan.drone.strike_1_drone-strike-tribal-region-north-waziristan?_s=PM:WORLD | archive-date=5 March 2012 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}
8 September 2010: U.S. drones launch four separate attacks in a space of 24 hours. According to anonymous Pakistani intelligence officials: In the first attack, a house owned by Maulvi Azizullah, a member of the Haqqani network, in Dande Darpa Khel near Miranshah was struck killing at least 6 militants. In the second attack, drones fired missiles striking a car traveling a few miles from the border, killing four people associated with the Haqqani network. In the third attack, another house near the Miranshah area was struck killing another 4 militants. A few hours later U.S. drones launched their fourth attack striking a compound outside Miranshah killing at least 6 militants and wounding 5 others. All told 24 militants have been killed in these 4 strikes.{{cite web | title=US Predators strike in Pakistan for 4th time in 24 hours | first=Bill | last=Roggio | work=Long War Journal | date=8 September 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/us_predators_strike_3.php}} The strikes targeted the Islamic Jihad Group, which was planning terrorist attacks in Europe. An Islamic Jihad commander, Qureshi, who was training German operatives, was killed in the missile attacks.{{cite web | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/09/islamic_jihad_group.php | title=Islamic Jihad Group commander reported killed in Predator strike | first=Bill | last=Roggio | date=9 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | work=Long War Journal}}
11 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike on the house of Hafiz Gul Bahadur in North Waziristan kills 5 suspected militants.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
13 September 2010: A U.S. drone fires two missiles at a house in Shawal, North Waziristan, reportedly killing 13 militants.{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | work=CBS World | title=Suspected US missiles kill 10 in NW Pakistan | date=14 September 2010 | access-date=18 December 2011 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspected-us-missiles-kill-10-in-nw-pakistan/}}{{cite news | url=http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/14/suspected-u-s-drones-kill-13-in-pakistan/ | work=CNN | title=Suspected U.S. drones kill 13 in Pakistan | access-date=18 December 2011 | date=14 September 2010 | archive-date=1 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301233724/http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/14/suspected-u-s-drones-kill-13-in-pakistan/ | url-status=dead }}
14 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike kills 12 militants in Dargah Mandi near Miran Shah, North Waziristan. The numerous strikes in September are reportedly part of a campaign against the Haqqani Network. The drone strikes in Pakistan against the network are meant to support concurrent special operations raids against the network's fighters in Afghanistan.{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/15/c_13496128.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106225908/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/15/c_13496128.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2012 | title=12 die in fresh U.S. drone strikes in NW Pakistan | work=Xinhua | date=15 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}} Saifullah Haqqani, a military commander in Afghanistan and a cousin of Siraj Haqqani, was reportedly killed in this day's strikes.{{cite web|last1=Roggio |first1=Bill |first2=Alexander |last2=Mayer |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/pakistan-strikes-hvts.php |title=Senior al Qaeda and Taliban leaders killed in US airstrikes in Pakistan, 2004–2011 |work=Long War Journal |date=28 October 2011 |access-date=27 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216232410/http://www.longwarjournal.org/pakistan-strikes-hvts.php |archive-date=16 December 2011 }}
15 September 2010: In an ongoing unprecedented drone offensive, a drone strike kills 4 militants in North Waziristan, including Saifullah Haqqani, first cousin of Haqqani Network leader Sirajuddin Haqqani.{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/pakistan/US-drone-strike-kills-Haqqani-s-cousin/Article1-600520.aspx | title=US Drone kills Haqqani cousin | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=15 September 2010 | access-date=27 March 2011 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918082354/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/pakistan/US-drone-strike-kills-Haqqani-s-cousin/Article1-600520.aspx | archive-date=18 September 2010 | df=dmy-all }}
16 September 2010: U.S. drones fired missiles at a house in Datakhel area, killing six militants.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/21-militants-killed-in-two-attacks-690 |title=21 militants killed in two attacks |newspaper=Dawn |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106190212/http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/21-militants-killed-in-two-attacks-690 |archive-date=6 January 2011 }}
19 September 2010: A U.S. drone fires two missiles at a vehicle in Dehgan village, in the Datta Khel area, North Waziristan, killing four militants.{{cite news|work=Google News |agency=Agence France-Presse |title=US drone attack kills four militants in Pakistan |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOl9ht7wEkZqiNFTK_AJ4fISxEEw |first=Hasbanullah |last=Khan |date=19 September 2010 |access-date=17 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315181212/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOl9ht7wEkZqiNFTK_AJ4fISxEEw |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}
20 September 2010: U.S. drones launch two strikes killing a total of 12 militants in North Waziristan, the first volley hit a vehicle in the Datakhel region killing 5, the second hit a house in Miran Shah killing 7.{{cite web | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/5-militants-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-pakistan/684460/ | title=5 militants killed in US drone strike in Pakistan |work=The Indian Express |date=20 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
21 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike kills 16 militants in the South-North Waziristan border region, including Taliban commander Mullah Shamsullah.{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/22/c_13523918.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019191636/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/22/c_13523918.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=19 October 2010 | title=Militant commander killed in U.S. drone attack in North Waziristan, Pakistan | work=Xinhua | date=22 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
25 September 2010: A U.S. drone fired three missiles hitting a vehicle killing 4 militants in Datta Khel village of North Waziristan. Among the dead was Sheikh Fateh Al Misri, Al-Qaeda's new 3rd in command.{{cite news|url=http://channel6newsonline.com/2010/09/drone-strike-kills-top-al-qaeda-commander-likely-led-terror-groups-operations-in-afghanistan/ |title=Drone strike kills top al-Qaeda commander, likely led terror group's operations in Afghanistan |work=Channel 6 News |agency=BNO News |date=28 September 2010 |access-date=27 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019085926/http://channel6newsonline.com/2010/09/drone-strike-kills-top-al-qaeda-commander-likely-led-terror-groups-operations-in-afghanistan/ |archive-date=19 October 2011 }} Al Misri was planning a major terrorist attack in London, Paris or Berlin by recruiting British Muslims who would then go on a shooting rampage throughout these cities similar to what transpired in Mumbai in November 2008. The plan was thought to be its final stages and the stepped up drone campaign in September was done to disrupt and eliminate the key planners of this terrorist attack.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/8031570/Terror-plot-against-Britain-thwarted-by-drone-strike.html | newspaper=Daily Telegraph | first=Duncan | last=Gardham | title=Terror plot against Britain thwarted by drone strike | date=28 September 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
26 September 2010: U.S. drones launch two strikes against militants killing 7. In the first strike, drone fired three missiles at a house in Lwara Mandi village in Datta Khel, killing 3 militants. Minutes later, a drone fired two missiles at a vehicle in the same area, killing 4 militants.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
27 September 2010: A U.S. drone strike in Miran Shah, North Waziristan, kills 6 militants.{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/30/c_13536250.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106233613/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-09/30/c_13536250.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=6 November 2012 | title=4 killed in U.S. drone attack in NW Pakistan | work=Xinhua | date=29 September 2010 |access-date=27 December 2011}}
28 September 2010: U.S. drone fired a missile at a compound Zeba village, west of Wana, South Waziristan killing 4 militants.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}

==October to December==

2 October 2010: U.S. drones launch two separate strikes killing 17 militants. In the first attack drones fired two missiles at a house in Datta Khel killing 9 militants including 4 foreigners. The dead were members of the Badar Mansur group, which is closely affiliated with Al Qaeda. Four hours later another strike occurred in the same area on a convoy of vehicles and a house killing another 8 militants.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/03/world/asia/03pstan.html | work=The New York Times | title=U.S. Drone Attacks Kill 17 Militants in Pakistan | date=2 October 2010}}
4 October 2010: U.S. drones strike a building near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, reportedly killing 8 suspected militants including 20-year-old German citizen Bünyamin E. and three other German nationals.{{cite news | url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,732684,00.html | title='Obama Is not God': US Drone Attack Raises Uncomfortable Questions for Germany | work=Der Spiegel |date=3 December 2010 | access-date=17 January 2012}}{{cite news |work=BBC News | title=Taliban 'remove German militants' bodies' after attack | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11471185 | date=5 October 2010 | access-date=17 January 2012}} In May 2011, the German government announced that it would curb terrorist intelligence flow to the U.S. to make sure that it would not be used in targeted killings of German citizen.{{cite news | url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,762873,00.html | title=Drone Killing Debate: Germany Limits Information Exchange with US Intelligence | work=Der Spiegel |date=17 May 2011 | first=Holger | last=Stark | access-date=27 December 2011}}
6 October 2010: Two U.S. drone strikes, one near Mir Ali and one near Miranshah, North Waziristan, kill a total of 11 militants.{{cite news |work=BBC News | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11487352 | title='Five militants die' in new Pakistan drone attack | date=6 October 2010 | access-date=17 January 2012}}
7 October 2010: A U.S. drone strike on a compound in North Waziristan kills at least four militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_us-drone-strike-kills-four-taliban-militants-in-pak_1449064 | title=US drone strike kills four Taliban militants in Pak | work=Daily News & Analysis | agency=PTI | date=7 October 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
8 October 2010: U.S. drone strikes by Miran Shah, North Waziristan, kill a total of six militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/pakistan.drone.strike/| title=In Pakistan, 6 killed in drone strike | date=8 October 2010 | work=CNN | access-date=27 December 2011}}
10 October 2010: A drone fires four missiles at a compound and two vehicles, killing seven militants in the Shewa district of North Waziristan.{{cite news|work=Google News |agency=Agence France-Presse |first=Hasbanullah |last=Khan |date=10 October 2010 |access-date=17 January 2012 |title=US drone kills seven militants in Pakistan: officials |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBy17Gmd8mMVbN2PToJovsoKBnTA?docId=CNG.abcf68e546390d16450e621e39e18711.371 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315181505/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBy17Gmd8mMVbN2PToJovsoKBnTA?docId=CNG.abcf68e546390d16450e621e39e18711.371 |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}
13 October 2010: Drone attacks kill 11 militants in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
15 October 2010: Two U.S. drone strikes kill 13 suspected militants. The first drone strike killed six suspected militants in North Waziristan's Machi Khel area. Officials said two missiles hit an alleged militant vehicle. Later this day the second drone strike killed 7 suspected militants in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/10/16/pakistan.drone.strike/index.html | work=CNN | title=Suspected drone strikes kill 13 in Pakistan | date=16 October 2010 | access-date=20 June 2015}}
18 October 2010: A drone strike in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan kills 6 militants. The strike may have also killed the 10-year-old son of Naeem Ullah, who lived next door.{{cite news

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27 October 2010: Two U.S. drone strikes 12 hours apart killed 7 militants. The first strike was on a house of militant Nasimullah Khan which killed 4 militants. The second strike was on a vehicle in Datta Khel kill which killed 3 militants.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
28 October 2010: A U.S. drone strike in the Datta Khel area kills 7 militants.{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/108260/us-drone-strike-kills-seven.html |title=US drone strike kills seven suspected militants in Pakistan |work=Deccan Herald |location=India |date=28 October 2010 |access-date=27 March 2011}}
1 November 2010: US-operated drones fired four missiles at a house in the Mir Ali District of North Wazaristan, killing five or six suspected militants.{{cite news|last=Afzal |first=Hussain |newspaper=Seattle Times |agency=Associated Press |title=US missile attack kills 5 in NW Pakistan |date=1 November 2010 |access-date=27 December 2011 |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013313222_apaspakistan.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208163756/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013313222_apaspakistan.html |archive-date=8 December 2010 }}{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | title=US Predators kill 6 'militants' in North Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=1 November 2010 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/11/us_predators_kill_6_1.php | access-date=27 December 2011}}
3 November 2010: U.S. drones launch three separate attacks killing 13 militants. In the first attack, drones fired two missiles at a vehicle in the Qutab Khel area of Miran Shah killing 5 Uzbek militants. In the second attack, missiles struck a house and a vehicle in Khaso Khel village, near Mir Ali, killing 4 militants. In the third attack, four missiles were fired hitting a vehicle in Pai Khel village in Datta Khel town, killing 4 militants.{{cite web | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/11/20101131439262731.html | title=US drone attacks strike Pakistan | work=Al Jazeera English | date=3 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
7 November 2010: Two U.S. drones strikes kill a total 13 or 14 militants in the Miran Shah area of North Waziristan. In the first attack, drones struck a house and a vehicle in the town of Ghulam Khan, north of Miran Shah killing 9 militants. The second attack occurred an hour later in which drones stuck several vehicles in the neighboring town of Datta Khel, killing 4 militants.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11707566 |work=BBC News |title=Pakistan drone attacks kill '13 militants' | date=7 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
11 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike kills 6 suspected militants in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2010/11/mil-101111-irna01.htm | title=Drone strike kills six Pakistani militants | date=11 November 2010 | work=Globalsecurity.org | agency=Islamic Republic News Agency | access-date=27 December 2011}} The militants were reportedly Haqqani Network fighters returning from operations in Khost Province, Afghanistan.{{cite web | last=Roggio |first=Bill | title=US Predators Kill 4 In North Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=13 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/11/us_predators_kill_fo.php}}
13 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike kills five people in the village of Ahmad Khel in the Mir Ali area in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/officials-5-militants-killed-in-u-s-drone-strike-in-pakistan | work=Fox News | agency=Associated Press | title=Officials: 5 Militants Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan | date=13 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
16 November 2010: Four drone-fired missiles hit a house and vehicle in Bangi Dar village of North Waziristan, killing 15 to 20 people, including 5–9 civilians.{{cite web | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/11/20101116667386262.html | title=Deaths in Pakistan drone attack | work=Al Jazeera English | date=16 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
19 November 2010: One U.S. drone strike kills 3 suspected militants in the region of North Waziristan.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0EQT2xN2jexniKxN-baG8LEcr_Q |title=US missiles kill three in Pakistan militant hub |work=Google News |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=19 November 2010 |access-date=27 December 2011 |first=Hasbanullah |last=Khan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122171257/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g0EQT2xN2jexniKxN-baG8LEcr_Q |archive-date=22 November 2010 }}
21 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike near Miran Shah, North Waziristan, kills 6 suspected militants.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-drone-strike-kills-six-in-Pakistan-Security-officials/articleshow/6964810.cms |newspaper=Times Of India |title=US drone strike kills six in Pakistan: Security officials |date=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126232933/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-drone-strike-kills-six-in-Pakistan-Security-officials/articleshow/6964810.cms |archive-date=26 November 2010 }}
22 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike fired missiles at a car and a motorcycle in North Waziristan killing 5 alleged militants.{{cite news | title=Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan | first=Rasool | last=Dawar | agency=Associated Press | newspaper=Guardian | date=22 November 2010 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/9372623 | access-date=27 December 2011 }}
26 November 2010: A U.S. drone strike fired missiles at a vehicle in North Waziristan killing 4 alleged militants.{{cite news | url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/26/usdrone-strike-kills-four-in-northwaziristan.html | title=US drone strike kills four in North Waziristan | work=One India | date=26 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | agency=ANI | archive-date=8 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008040421/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/11/26/usdrone-strike-kills-four-in-northwaziristan.html | url-status=dead }}
28 November 2010: U.S. drone missiles strike a vehicle in Hasan Khel village, around 30 kilometers east of Miranshah. Initial reports indicated the strike killed 3 or 4 militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.emirates247.com/news/world/us-drone-attack-kills-three-militants-in-pakistan-2010-11-28-1.322349|agency=Agence France-Presse| title=US drone attack kills three militants in Pakistan | work=Emirates 24/7 News | date=28 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}} Local officials, however, later reported that the suspected militants had survived the strike by fleeing the targeted vehicle after the first missile missed.{{cite news | title=Officials: Targets survived U.S. missile in Pakistan | date=28 November 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | agency=Associated Press | first=Rasool | last=Dawar | url=http://www.salon.com/2010/11/28/as_pakistan_28/singleton/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915091645/http://www.salon.com/2010/11/28/as_pakistan_28/singleton/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=15 September 2012 | work=Salon.com }}
6 December 2010: A U.S. drone strike in Khushali village, North Waziristan, kills 5 people. The strike may have also killed two noncombatants.
9 December 2010: At least four unknown people are killed by a U.S. drone strike on a vehicle in Mir Ali, North Waziristan according to anonymous Pakistani intelligence officials who suspect that they are militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.salon.com/2010/12/10/as_pakistan_31/singleton/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909060115/http://www.salon.com/2010/12/10/as_pakistan_31/singleton/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 September 2012 | title=Pakistani officials say U.S. drone strike kills 4 | work=Salon.com | date=10 December 2010 | access-date=27 March 2011 | agency=Associated Press | first=Riaz | last=Khan }}
14 December 2010: At least four suspected militants were killed by a U.S. drone strike on a vehicle in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.emirates247.com/news/world/us-drone-strike-kills-four-militants-in-pakistan-2010-12-14-1.329361 | title=US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan | work=Emirates 24/7 News | date=14 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/14/pakistan.drone.strike/ | work=CNN | title=Drone strike kills four in Pakistan | date=14 December 2010 | first=Nasir | last=Dawar | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite web | url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/12/14/Drone-strike-in-Pakistan-kills-four/UPI-86651292346683/ | title=Drone strike in Pakistan kills four | work=UPI | access-date=27 December 2011 | date=14 December 2010}}
15 December 2010: U.S. drone strike targeting a vehicle kills 7 suspected militants in Spin Drand area of Khyber according to anonymous Pakistani intelligence officials.{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/16/pakistan.drone.strike/ | work=CNN | title=Pakistan drone strike kills 7 suspected militants | date=16 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
17 December 2010: At least 60 suspected militants were killed in 3 U.S. drones strikes what is the highest death toll this year. According to security officials all the dead are suspected militants – a claim that cannot be independently confirmed. The first strike occurred at a compound in Speen Drang where pro-Taliban militants from the Lashkar-e-Islam group were holding a meeting killing over 32. The second strike occurred in Nakai, Khyber hitting a compound killing around 15. The last strike occurred at yet another compound in Sangana, Khyber killing 6. According to unnamed official sources 39 of the killed belonged to Lashkar-e-Islam while 15 were Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. Extremist commander Ibn Amin was also killed in these strikes. He was a Taliban commander for the Swat valley.{{cite news | url=https://www.nation.com.pk/19-Dec-2010/60-killed-in-years-deadliest-drone-hit | title=60 killed in year's deadliest drone hit | newspaper=Nation (Pakistan) | date=19 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Ahmad | last=Nabi | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919004441/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/19-Dec-2010/60-killed-in-years-deadliest-drone-hit | archive-date=19 September 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12015959 |work=BBC News |title=Scores die as drones renew attack on Pakistan's Khyber | date=17 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
27 December 2010: Two U.S. drone strikes near Mir Ali area of North Waziristan kill a total of 18 unknown people who were allegedly militants according to anonymous Pakistani intelligence officials.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/27/pakistan-us-drone-strike-taliban | newspaper=Guardian | title=Pakistan: suspected US drone strike against Taliban kills 18 | date=27 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | agency=Associated Press}}
28 December 2010: Two U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region Tuesday kill 17 people. The drones fired two missiles on a suspected militant hideout in the area of Ghulam Khan. Later, a suspected drone circled around the blast site and fired two more missiles. Six people were killed. The second attack was on a vehicle in the same area, killing four more people.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/pakistan.drone.strike/ | work=CNN | title=Pakistani officials: Latest suspected drone attack kills 10 | date=28 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Nasir | last=Dawar}}{{cite web | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/12/20101228124531710613.html | title=Drones kill at least 17 in Pakistan | work=Al Jazeera English |date=28 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
31 December 2010: U.S. drone missile strike kills 8 people near the town of Ghulam Khan in the North Waziristan tribal agency according to Pakistani security officials who suspect that they are militants.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/31/us-drone-attack-pakistan | newspaper=Guardian | title=US drone attack kills eight in Pakistan | date=31 December 2010 | access-date=27 December 2011 | agency=Associated Press}}

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan claimed that at over 900 people were killed in U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas in 2010.{{cite web | url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/04/14/over-900-killed-in-drone-attacks-in-pakistan-hrcp/ | title=Over 900 killed in drone attacks in Pakistan: HRCP | work=News Tribe | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=22 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322165119/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/04/14/over-900-killed-in-drone-attacks-in-pakistan-hrcp/ | url-status=dead }}

=2011=

==January to April==

1 January 2011: U.S. drones launched 3 separate strikes killing 18 people. In the first strike, drones struck a vehicle and a suspected militant compound in Mandi Khel, near Mir Ali, North Waziristan killing 9 people who are believed to be militants according to anonymous Pakistani intelligence officials. In the second strike, drones killed 5 alleged Taliban insurgents. In the last strike, a vehicle was struck in Boya village, in Datta Khel, North Waziristan killing 4 people.{{cite news | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/125365/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills.html | title=Suspected US drone strike kills six in Pakistan | newspaper=Deccan Herald |agency=DPA | date=1 January 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
12 January 2011: U.S. drones fired 4 missile at a compound in Haiderkhel village near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristan killing 6 people.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12168901 |work=BBC News |title=Drone attack in Pakistan kills three 'militants' | date=12 January 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nation.com.pk/13-Jan-2011/six-die-in-drone-hit | title=Six die in drone hit | newspaper=Nation (Pakistan) | date=13 January 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930234539/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/13-Jan-2011/Six-die-in-drone-hit | archive-date=30 September 2012 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}
18 January 2011: A U.S. drone strike kills at least five militants in North Waziristan according to anonymous Pakistani security officials.{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/105740/drone-strike-kills-5-in-n-waziristan-officials/ | title=Drone strike kills 5 in N Waziristan: Officials | work= Express Tribune | access-date=27 December 2011 | date=18 January 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}}
23 January 2011: According to anonymous Pakistani security officials, Three drone strikes killed around 13 suspected militants in North Waziristan. In the first strike, two missiles hit a vehicle and a house in Doga Mada Khel village, killing four people. Hours later, another drone fired two more missiles, killing two people riding a motorcycle in the same village. In the third strike, a militant compound was struck at Mando Khel, 60 km south of Miram Shah near Razmak, North Waziristan killing 6 people.{{cite web | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/01/201112335951391718.html | title='US drone strikes' claim lives | work=Al Jazeera English | date=23 January 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}} The same day around 2,000 tribesmen held a protest in Mir Ali, demanding an end to the drone strikes, saying they killed innocent civilians.{{cite news|last=Dawar |first=Rasool |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014009640_apaspakistan.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716050603/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014009640_apaspakistan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 July 2012 |title=Pair Of US Drone Strikes Kill 6 In Pakistan |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Seattle Times |date=22 January 2011 |access-date=27 December 2011 }}
21 February 2011: Anonymous Pakistani intelligence officials announced that three drone-fired missiles demolished a house in the village of Kaza Panga, Azam Warsak district, South Waziristan killing seven suspected militants, including several Arabs and Turkmen.{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-drone-strike-brings-end-of-hiatus-2221717.html |title=Pakistan drone strike brings end of hiatus | last=Mehsud | first=Saud | date=22 February 2011 | newspaper=Independent | access-date=26 December 2011}} One of those killed was reported by Pakistani officials to be an Iraqi Al-qaeda finance coordinator named Abu Zaid al-Iraqi.{{cite news | url=http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=116590378 | title=Al-Qaida finance chief for Pakistan thought among 15 dead in US drone strikes near Afghanistan | last=Mahsud | first=Ishtiaq | date=21 February 2011 | newspaper=Star Tribune | access-date=26 December 2011 | agency=Associated Press | archive-date=27 February 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227144439/http://www.startribune.com/templates/Print_This_Story?sid=116590378 | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_iraqi-al-qaeda-operative-among-seven-militants-killed-in-pakistan_1511127 | title=Iraqi al-Qaeda operative among seven militants killed in Pakistan | date=21 February 2011 | work=Daily News & Analysis | access-date=26 December 2011 | agency=PTI}} Later that day, four missiles struck a house being used as a base by Taliban in the village of Spalga near Miran Shah in North Waziristan, killing eight suspected militants.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12534705 | title=Drone attack in Pakistan kills seven 'militants' | date=22 February 2011 |work=BBC News | access-date=26 December 2011}}
24 February 2011: Two separate strikes by drones kill 6 in North Waziristan.{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/25/c_13748559.htm |title=Two U.S. drone attacks kill 6 in Pakistani tribal area |date=25 February 2011 |work=Xinhua News Agency |access-date=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107131326/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-02/25/c_13748559.htm |archive-date=7 November 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
8 March 2011: Drone strike in Landidog village in South Waziristan kills 5 militants according to Pakistani officials.{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/129459/drone-strike-kills-five-militants-2/ | title=Drone strike kills five militants in South Waziristan | date=8 March 2011 | newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=27 December 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}}
11 March 2011: 5 suspected militants killed in Ghorsaka area near Miranshah in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-drone-strikes-kill-five-militants-in-Pakistan/articleshow/7683058.cms | title=US drone strikes kill five militants in Pakistan | date=12 March 2011 | newspaper=Times of India | access-date=27 December 2011 | agency=PTI}}
13 March 2011: 2 missiles kill at least 6 people believed to be militants in Azam Warsak area of South Waziristan.{{cite web | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/suspected-us-missile-strike-kills-6-in-nw-pakistan--117898659/136429.html | title=Suspected US Missile Strike Kills 6 in NW Pakistan | date=13 March 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | work=VOA}}
14 March 2011: 6 alleged militants killed near Miranshah in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/pakistan.drone.strike/ |title=Officials: Suspected drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan | date=14 March 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Nasir | last=Habib}} Later in the day, another missile hit a vehicle near the Afghan border in Malik Jashdar in North Waziristan, killing three suspected militants.{{cite news | agency=Associated Press | title=Officials: US Missile Strike Kills 3 In Pakistan | date=14 March 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | newspaper=USA Today | url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-03-14-Pakistan_N.htm}}
16 March 2011: Unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials told AFP that a strike in Dattakhel in North Waziristan kills 5 militants. They also said that they do not know the identities of those killed in the strike.{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/133298/us-drone-kills-five-militants-in-miranshah-official/ | title=US drone kills five militants in Miranshah: Official | date=16 March 2011 | newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=27 December 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{cite news|last=Khan |first=Hasbanullah |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hs2b2iDUD6eISISfIc3TNUGOFrNw |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124164606/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hs2b2iDUD6eISISfIc3TNUGOFrNw |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=US drone kills five militants in Pakistan: official |work=Google News |date=15 March 2011 |access-date=27 December 2011 |agency=Agence France-Presse }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12756186 | title=Pakistan drone attacks 'kill five militants' |work=BBC News | date=16 March 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
17 March 2011: Forty-eight are killed and 50 wounded when several missiles fired from American drone aircraft hit a location in Datta Khel airstrike in North Waziristan. Those killed were mostly civilians involved in a jirga or dispute resolution council discussing a claim to a local chromite mine. Also killed were 12 Taliban helping adjudicate the meeting. Sherabat Khan Wazir, a top commander of Hafiz Gul Bahadur's Taliban faction, was killed in the strike, and in response Bahadur threatened to end the peace deal struck with the Pakistani government almost four years earlier. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that the attack was a "complete violation of human rights" and that there were children under the death.{{cite news

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| newspaper=The Economist}}{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8388295/Drone-attack-kills-38.html | title=Drone attack kills 38 | last=Nelson | first=Dean | date=17 March 2011 | work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=14 August 2013}}{{cite news | url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/March/international_March987.xml§ion=international | title=Pakistan PM condemns 'irrational' drone attack | newspaper=Khaleej Times | date=18 March 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=30 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930091559/http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2011/March/international_March987.xml§ion=international | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/world/asia/18pakistan.html | title=C.I.A. Drones Kill Civilians in Pakistan | last1=Masood | first1=Salman | date=18 March 2011 | newspaper=New York Times | access-date=27 December 2011 | first2=Pir Zubair | last2=Shah}}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12779232 | title=Pakistan army chief Kayani in US drone outburst | date=17 March 2011 |work=BBC News | access-date=27 December 2011}} Pakistani officials said the strike will intensify protests throughout Pakistan over the release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis. The Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the strike and demanded that the national government take a clearer stance on the issue.{{cite news | title=Punjab Assembly passes resolution against drone strikes | date=18 March 2011 | newspaper=Dawn | url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/18/punjab-assembly-passes-resolution-against-us-drone-strikes.html | access-date=27 December 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}} Parliamentarian Marvi Memon demanded to declare war on the United States. She suggested to order defence forces to launch a counterattack and said that it was the responsibility of the Pakistani government to protect its citizens.{{cite news | last=Manan | first=Abdul | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/135382/pml-q-to-boycott-presidents-address-to-the-parliament/ | title=Joint session of parliament: PML-Q to boycott presidential address | newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=27 December 2011 | date=21 March 2011}}

13 April 2011: Two drones fired seven missiles in South Waziristan and killed six people.{{cite news | title=U.S. drone strike kills 6 in Pakistan, first since March | date=13 April 2011 | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-violence-idUSTRE73C1OB20110413 | work=Reuters | access-date=27 December 2011}} Reports conflicted on the intended target. One report indicated that the attacks targeted members of a pro-army group led by Maulvi Nazir although the deceased were said to be ordinary tribesmen unaffiliated with Nazir.{{cite web | url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/04/13/us-drones-kill-six-in-south-waziristan/ | title=US drones kill six in South Waziristan | work=News Tribe | date=13 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Abdul | last=Hafeez | archive-date=10 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310232102/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/04/13/us-drones-kill-six-in-south-waziristan/ | url-status=dead }} The AFP reported that the six dead were all Afghans and members of the Haqqani network.{{cite news | title=US drone strike kills 6 | date=13 April 2011 | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/148727/us-drone-strike-kills-6-2/ | newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=27 December 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}} Pakistan strongly condemned the attack and lodged a strong protest with U.S. Ambassador Cameron Munter. The Foreign Ministry in Islamabad stated: "We have repeatedly said that such attacks are counterproductive and only contribute to strengthen the hands of the terrorists."{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/world/asia/14pakistan.html | newspaper=New York Times | first=Eric | last=Schmitt | title=New C.I.A. Drone Attack Draws Rebuke From Pakistan | date=13 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}} Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani said that Pakistan was also seeking the intervention of friendly countries to get the U.S. to stop the drone attacks.{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1696998.ece | newspaper=Hindu | first=Anita | last=Joshua | title=Pakistan: drone attacks "core irritant" | date=15 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}} An unnamed American government source stated that the CIA had no plans on stopping "operations" against terrorist suspects in Pakistan, saying, "Panetta has been clear with his Pakistani counterparts that his fundamental responsibility is to protect the American people, and he will not halt operations that support that objective".{{cite news | title=CIA will not halt operations in Pakistan: Official | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/150004/cia-will-not-halt-operations-in-pakistan-official/ | newspaper=Express Tribune | date=15 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}
21 April 2011: At least 25 people, including 4 women and 5 children, were killed and about 10 other wounded in drone attacks in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. The target was a compound of houses belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group, a pro-army group in the tribal area. The women and children were in nearby houses.{{cite web | url=http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/04/22/drone-strike-kills-seven-in-north-waziristan/ | title=US drone strike: children, women among 25 killed in N Waziristan | work=News Tribe | date=22 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Abdul | last=Hafeez | archive-date=22 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322165145/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2011/04/22/drone-strike-kills-seven-in-north-waziristan/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13167425 |work=BBC News | title=Pakistan: US drone raid 'kills 25' in N Waziristan | date=22 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/25-killed-in-drone-attack-in-North-Waziristan/articleshow/8058022.cms | newspaper=Times Of India | title=25 killed in drone attack in North Waziristan | date=22 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first=Omer Farooq | last=Khan | agency=TNN}} Days before the strike U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen clearly stated that North Waziristan is the hot bed for terrorists and accused Pakistan of not doing enough to combat militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_25-killed-in-us-drone-attacks-in-pakistan-tribal-belt_1534819 | title=25 killed in US drone attacks in Pakistan tribal belt | work=Daily News & Analysis | agency=PTI | date=22 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/22/pakistan.drone.strike/ | work=CNN | title=Source: U.S. departs Pakistan base | date=22 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | first1=Nick Paton | last1=Walsh | first2=Nasir | last2=Habib}} The Pakistani army rejected this as "negative propaganda" and Chief of Army Staff general Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said: "In the war against terrorism, our officers and soldiers have made great sacrifices and have achieved tremendous success. The terrorists' backbone has been broken and Inshallah (God willing) we will soon prevail."{{cite news | url=http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-56529220110423 | work=Reuters | title=Pakistan army boss Kayani says militants' back broken | date=23 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011 | archive-date=23 November 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123021237/https://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-56529220110423 | url-status=dead }} The day after the attack Pakistan stopped the U.S. from using Shamsi Air Base in Pakistan's Balochistan Province to fly drones. A senior military official told NBC News, "Yes, I can confirm that Shamsi Air Base is no more under the use of Americans and the 150 Americans previously stationed there are now gone." The base had been used for some time by the U.S. to launch unmanned Predator drones against terrorist targets.{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42715278 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809210645/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42715278/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/ | url-status=live | archive-date=9 August 2011 | title=Pakistan stops US using air base to fly drones | work=TODAY News | date=22 April 2011 | access-date=27 December 2011}}

==May to August==

6 May 2011: 12–15 people killed and several injured at Dua Toi in the Datta Khel area 30 miles west of Miram Shah, North Waziristan in the first such attack since the killing of Osama Bin Laden.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13307509 | title=Pakistan: US drone 'kills 12' in North Waziristan | date=6 May 2011 |work=BBC News | access-date=28 December 2011}} An unnamed Pakistani official said the missiles hit a car and a compound belonging to Hafiz Gul Bahadar, and that four of those killed were "foreigners".{{cite news | last=Shah | first=Pir Zubair | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/07/world/asia/07drone.html | title=Drone Strike Said To Kill At Least 8 In Pakistan | newspaper=New York Times | date=7 May 2011 | access-date=28 December 2011}} British and Pakistani journalists report that, in addition to 12 militants, the strike killed six civilians.
10 May 2011: 4 suspected militants killed in an attack near Angoor Adda village in South Waziristan.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hVT7P2TfHSnar8zUsu5i1CFrq9sg |title=US drone attack kills four militants in Pakistan: officials |date=10 May 2011 |work=Google News |access-date=28 December 2011 |agency=Agence France-Presse |first=S.H |last=Khan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830134304/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hVT7P2TfHSnar8zUsu5i1CFrq9sg |archive-date=30 August 2011 }} Two missiles hit a vehicle in village, wounding four others in addition to those killed. An unnamed Pakistani official said three of those killed were "Arabs". The area hit is under the control of Mullah Nazir.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/us_predators_kill_4_5.php | title=US Predators kill 4 in South Waziristan strike | work=Long War Journal | date=10 May 2011 | access-date=28 December 2011}}
12 May 2011: 5–8 suspected militants killed when a U.S. drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan. Pakistani officials stated that some of those killed were "foreigners".{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOsuYS3LlyeiT1tjMcJdXJnhtHfw |title=US drone attack kills five in Pakistan: officials |first=Hasbanullah |last=Khan |date=11 May 2011 |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=28 December 2011 |work=Google News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515034033/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOsuYS3LlyeiT1tjMcJdXJnhtHfw |archive-date=15 May 2011 }}{{cite news | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/us_predators_strike_23.php | title=US Predators strike in al Qaeda haven of Datta Khel | work=Long War Journal | date=12 May 2011 | access-date=28 December 2011}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-drone-strike-kills-5-in-pakistan/|title=U.S. drone strike kills 5 in Pakistan|website=CBS News |date=12 May 2011 }}
13 May 2011: 5 killed when at least 4 missiles strike a vehicle in Doga Madakhel village of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.nation.com.pk/14-May-2011/five-killed-in-drone-hit | title=Five killed in drone hit | date=14 May 2011 | newspaper=Nation (Pakistan) | access-date=29 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224012604/http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/14-May-2011/Five-killed-in-drone-hit | archive-date=24 December 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}
16 May 2011: 2 strikes in Mir Ali in North Waziristan kill 10 suspected militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/16/us-drone-attack-kills-ten-in-north-waziristan-officials.html | title=Two US drone attacks kill ten in NW: DawnNews | date=16 May 2011 | newspaper=Dawn | access-date=29 December 2011|agency=Agence France-Presse}}
20 May 2011: 2 missiles fired by drones kill 6 people in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/172588/drone-strike-kills-four-in-north-waziristan-2/ | title=US-Pak ties: Fresh drone strike puts talks under cloud | date=21 May 2011 | newspaper=Express Tribune}}
23 May 2011: Drone strike on a vehicle on the outskirts of Mir Ali in North Waziristan kills 7 suspected militants.{{cite news | url=https://www.nation.com.pk/24-May-2011/7-die-as-drone-hits--coach | title=U7 die as drone hits coach | date=24 May 2011 | newspaper=Nation (Pakistan) | access-date=14 August 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817071017/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/24-May-2011/7-die-as-drone-hits--coach | archive-date=17 August 2013 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}
3 June 2011: Drone strike in Ghwakhwa area of South Waziristan kills 9 militants.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13653324 | title=US strike 'kills' key Pakistan militant Ilyas Kashmiri | date=4 June 2011 |work=BBC News | access-date=29 December 2011}} Top ranking Al-qaeda militant Ilyas Kashmiri is reported killed.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/world/asia/05kashmiri.html | title=Pakistani Militant Chief Is Reported Dead | newspaper=New York Times | date=5 June 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Carlotta | last=Gall}}
6 June 2011: Three drone strikes kill 16–21 people. Unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials claimed that they were suspected militants. Other witnesses said that some were "Arabs" and seven were civilians. CNN could not independently confirm the identities of the people killed.{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/06/pakistan.attacks/ | work=CNN | title=Pakistani officials: Suspected U.S. drone strikes kills 21 militants | date=6 June 2011 | first=Nasir | last=Habib | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/world/asia/07pakistan.html | title=U.S. Drone Strikes Are Reported to Kill at Least 18 in Pakistan | first=Salman | last=Masood | date=7 June 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | work=The New York Times}}
8 June 2011: Five missiles strike a militant compound in Zoi (or Zoynarai) village in Shawal region of North Waziristan, near the border with South Waziristan, killing 15–23 suspected militants. Senior unnamed Pakistani officials as well as local officials confirmed the strike.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5inQHhnSAFKgGQGWfwe_tI1N6XVkA |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124195652/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5inQHhnSAFKgGQGWfwe_tI1N6XVkA |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=US missiles kill 20 in Pakistan: officials |date=8 June 2011 |work=Google News |agency=Agence France-Presse |first=Hasbanullah |last=Khan |access-date=29 December 2011 }}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13695839 | title=Pakistan: US drone strike 'kills 15' people | date=8 June 2011 |work=BBC News | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/06/08/pakistan.drone.attack/ | work=CNN | title=Officials: Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 23 in Pakistan | date=9 June 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}} In response to a series of strikes against their group a spokesman for Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir announced that his group would send more people into Afghanistan to fight U.S. forces as they had no capability to shoot down drones over South Waziristan.{{cite news | last1=Mehsud | first1=Saud | first2=Kamran | last2=Haider | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-militants-afghanistan-idUSTRE7573E320110608 | title=Pakistan militant group vows to escalate fight in Afghanistan | work=Reuters | date=8 June 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
15 June 2011: Two strikes by drones in South Waziristan and one in North Waziristan kill 15 suspected militants according to Pakistani intelligence officials.{{cite web | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/suspected-us-missile-strikes-kill-14-in-pakistan-123926159/140848.html | title=Suspected US Missile Strikes Kill 15 in Pakistan | date=15 June 2011 | work=Voice of America | access-date=29 December 2011}} The strike near Wana in South Waziristan reportedly killed 10 fighters from Mullah Nazir's army. In the other strike, near Miranshah in North Waziristan, 5–6 civilians were killed in a car. Later residents blocked roads with the coffins of the dead to protest the killing of civilians.
20 June 2011: Three strikes kill 15–17 the Kurram tribal area. Those killed were mostly alleged militants but 2–7 civilians were also among the dead.{{cite web | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/06/201162083142901979.html | title=Drone strikes claim lives in Pakistan | work=Al Jazeera English | date=20 June 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1011660--rare-u-s-missile-attacks-kill-12-in-pakistan | newspaper=Toronto Star | first=Hussain | last=Afzal | title=Rare U.S. missile attacks kill 12 in Pakistan | date=20 June 2011 | agency=Associated Press | access-date=29 December 2011}}
27 June 2011: Missile strikes from two U.S. drones killed at least 21 suspected militants in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani officials said. The first strike against a moving vehicle in Ghalmandi Panga village reportedly killed eight suspected militants. The second strike a few hours later reportedly hit a militant training center in Mantoi, killing 13 suspected militants according to an intelligence official who declined to be identified.{{cite news | last=Wazir | first=Hafiz | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-violence-idUSTRE75Q52L20110627 | title=U.S. drones kill 21 militants in NW Pakistan | work=Reuters | date=27 June 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
5 July 2011: Four killed and 5 injured in a strike on a militant hideout near Mir Ali in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/paristan.drone.strike/ | title=Three killed in Pakistan drone strike | date=5 July 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRIzLKg942IftB1Ub6HTwwP2N0oQ |title=US drone kills at least four in Pakistan: officials |date=5 July 2011 |access-date=29 December 2011 |work=Google News |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829100548/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jRIzLKg942IftB1Ub6HTwwP2N0oQ |archive-date=29 August 2011 }} According to two local TV station in Pakistan based on unnamed official sources, Saif Ullah, an Australian and al Qaeda supporter, was killed in the strike. However, there is no official confirmation for his death.{{cite web | url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/06/c_13969683.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712151145/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-07/06/c_13969683.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 July 2011 | title=Militant leader killed in U.S. drone strike in Pakistan | date=6 July 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web|last=Roggio |first=Bill |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/07/australian_al_qaeda_commander.php |title=Australian al Qaeda commander reported killed in Predator strike |work=Long War Journal |date=6 July 2011 |access-date=29 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111205407/http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2011/07/australian_al_qaeda_commander.php |archive-date=11 January 2012 }}
11 July 2011: Drone strikes near Gorvak village in North Waziristan kill 12 suspected militants according to Pakistani Intelligence officials.{{cite news |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/jul/11/us-aid-cutoff-followed-by-drone-strike-in-pakistan/ | title=US aid cutoff followed by drone strike in Pakistan | agency=Associated Press | date=11 July 2011 | first=Rasool | last=Dawar | access-date=29 December 2011 | newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune}} Over the next 24 hours several more attacks lead to the death of 45–61 suspected militants. The strikes sparked panic among people in the area and the death toll is the second highest since the beginning of the airstrikes.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-missile-idUSTRE76B0I320110712 | title=U.S. drone strikes kill 45 suspected militants in Pakistan | date=12 July 2011 | work=Reuters | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Haji | last=Mujtaba}}{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/13/four-drone-attacks-claim-52-lives-in-24-hours.html | title=Four drone attacks claim 52 lives in 24 hours | first=Pazir | last=Gul | date=13 July 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | newspaper=Dawn}}{{cite news | url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=7377&Cat=13&dt=7/13/2011 | title=Deadly drone attacks kill 61 in 24 hours | first1=Malik | last1=Mumtaz | first2=Irfan | last2=Burki | date=13 July 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | newspaper=International News (Pakistan)}}
12 July 2011: 23 suspected militants were killed in South Waziristan, followed by a drone strike on a vehicle in North Waziristan, resulting in the deaths of 7 suspected militants, bringing the total death toll to 30.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14117434 | title=Pakistan: Drone Attacks in Waziristan 'Kill 30' |work=BBC News | date=12 July 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
21 July 2011: 4 people were reportedly killed in a strike in Khushali Toori Khel area of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/213980/drone-strike-kills-four-in-n-waziristan/ | title=Drone strike kills four in N Waziristan | date=21 July 2011 | newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Iftikhar | last=Firdous}}
1 August 2011: 4–6 alleged militants are killed and at least seven other people are injured when two vehicles are hit by two drone-launched missiles near Azam Warsak, 15 kilometers west of Wana, South Waziristan.{{cite web | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-4-in-nw-pakistan-126544503/167818.html | title=Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 4 in NW Pakistan | date=1 August 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web | url=http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/08/01/Drone-attack-kills-6-suspected-militants/UPI-17731312208256/ | title=Drone attack kills 6 suspected militants | date=1 August 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | work=UPI}}{{cite web | url=http://thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/01/cia-kills-four-in-south-waziristan/ | title=CIA drone attack kills four in South Waziristan | work=Bureau of Investigative Journalism | date=1 August 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | last=Woods | first=Chris | archive-date=3 February 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203195646/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/08/01/cia-kills-four-in-south-waziristan/ | url-status=dead }} According to the Long War Journal, that area is controlled by Taliban leader Maulvi Nazir.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/08/us_predators_kill_4_6.php | title=US Predators kill 4 'militants' in South Waziristan strike | work=Long War Journal | date=1 August 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
10 August 2011: Two drone-launched missiles hit a house 3 km east of Miran Shah, North Waziristan, killing 21 militants, 14 of whom were members of the Haqqani Network. The rest of those killed were Arabs and Uzbeks, according to unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials who were not authorized to speak to the media.{{cite news|last2=Mehsud |first2=Ishtiaq |first1=Rasool |last1=Dawar |agency=Associated Press |title=US drone strike kills 20 militants in NW Pakistan |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015864199_apaspakistan.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720062438/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015864199_apaspakistan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |date=9 August 2011 |access-date=29 December 2011 |newspaper=Seattle Times }}{{cite news |work=Reuters | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-violence-idUSTRE7790RM20110810 | title=U.S. drone strike kills 21 in northwest Pakistan | date=10 August 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Augustine | last=Anthony}}
15 August 2011: According to unnamed Pakistani officials 4 suspected militants were killed near Miranshah after 2 missiles fired by Drones. The identity of those killed is unclear.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h94WYM6Ke4M1WitmT7fMxMaxiZ3w |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124200956/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h94WYM6Ke4M1WitmT7fMxMaxiZ3w |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=Drone kills four militants in Pakistan: officials |date=15 August 2011 |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=29 December 2011 |work=Google News }}
19 August 2011: Four suspected militants killed in suspected drone attack in Sheen Warsik in South Waziristan according to Pakistani officials.{{cite news | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/pakistan.drone.strike/ | title=Officials: Drone strike kills 4 suspected militants in Pakistan | date=19 August 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Nasir | last=Habib}}
22 August 2011: According to unnamed Pakistani officials a suspected U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan killed 4 suspected militants{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/pakistan.drone.strike/ | title=Suspected drone strike kills 4 in northwest Pakistan, officials say | work=CNN | access-date=29 December 2011 | date=22 August 2011 | first=Reza | last=Sayah}} including Al-Qaeda's second in command Atiyah Abd al-Rahman.{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/al-qaeda-atiyah-abd-al-rahman-killed-pakistan/story?id=14394690 | title=Al Qaeda No. 2 Atiyah Abd al-Rahman Killed in Pakistan | work=ABC News | date=27 August 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | first1=Nick | last1=Schifrin | last2=Thomas | first2=Pierre | first3=Jake | last3=Tapper}}

==September to December==

4 September 2011: 7 suspected militants killed in a drone strike in North Wazirstan.{{cite web |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/05/c_131097059.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203195643/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-09/05/c_131097059.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2016 | title=7 Killed in U.S. Drone Strike in NW Pakistan | work=Xinhua | date=5 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
11 September 2011: Abu Hafs al Shari, Al-Qaeda's operational chief and the replacement for Atiyah Abdel Rahman, was killed along with 3 other militants by a U.S. drone strike{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-dronestrike-idUSTRE78E4E820110915 | title=Senior Al Qaeda Militant Killed in US Drone Strike | work=Reuters | date=15 September 2011 | first=Mark | last=Hosenball | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/15/2408968/us-drone-kills-another-al-qaida.html | title=U.S. drone kills another al Qaida leader in Pakistan |newspaper=Miami Herald | date=15 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | first1=Saeed | last1=Shah | first2=Jonathan S | last2=Landay}}{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/al_qaedas_ops_chief.php | title=Al Qaeda's operations chief for Pakistan reported killed in Predator strike | work=Long War Journal | date=15 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web | last=Roggio |first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/abu_hafs_al_shahri_c.php | title=Abu Hafs al Shahri confirmed killed in Predator strike in Pakistan | work=Long War Journal | date=17 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}} on a vehicle and compound in Hisokhel in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/us_predators_kill_4_9.php | title=US Predators kill 4 'militants' in North Waziristan strike | work=Long War Journal | date=11 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
12 September 2011: Two militants killed in a drone strike on their vehicle in the Esokhel area of North Waziristan. One of the dead was reported to be Hafeezulla, a commander in the Haqqani network.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14877645 | title=Suspected US drone 'kills two militants' in Pakistan |work=BBC News | date=12 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}} In another strike the same day three people were killed in an attack on a house near Mir Ali.{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016175436_apaspakistan.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718165825/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2016175436_apaspakistan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 July 2012 |title=American missiles kill 3 in northwest Pakistan |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Seattle Times |date=11 September 2011 |access-date=29 December 2011 |first=Rasool |last=Dawar }}
23 September 2011: 6 Haqqani network insurgents, including 4 Central Asians, were killed in a drone strike on a house in North Waziristan.{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jKRRAfhavwVYcfKMdloAB2O7M11Q |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124203840/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jKRRAfhavwVYcfKMdloAB2O7M11Q |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 January 2013 |title=US drone kills six militants in Pakistan: officials |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=23 September 2011 |work=Google News |access-date=29 December 2011 }}
27 September 2011: 3 people are killed in a strike on a house in Azam Warzak, South Waziristan. Unnamed security officials who were not authorized to talk with reporters said they were militants while other sources said the militants escaped.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/9867796 | title=US missile strike kills 3 in northwest Pakistan | newspaper=Guardian (UK) | access-date=29 December 2011 | date=27 September 2011 | agency=Associated Press | first=Ishtiaq | last=Mahsud}} The village is in the territory of Taliban leader Mullah Nazir and reportedly, according to the Long War Journal, serves as a transit point for insurgent fighters into and out of Afghanistan.{{cite web | last=Roggio | first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/09/us_predators_kill_3_1.php | title=US Predators kill 3 'militants' in South Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=27 September 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
30 September 2011: 3 suspected militants killed in a strike Baghar Cheena area of South Waziristan.{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/263901/drone-strike-kills-3-in-s-waziristan/ | title=Drone strike kills 3 in S Waziristan | date=30 September 2011 |newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Iftikhar | last=Firdous}}
13 October 2011: Two separate drone strikes killed a total of seven suspected militants in Waziristan. The first strike in Dande Darpa Khel village in North Waziristan killed four including Jan Baz Zadran, a logistics commander for the Haqqani network. The second strike killed three suspected militants in the town of Angoor Adda in South Waziristan who were launching rockets into Afghanistan.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/drone-strike-kills-a-haqqani-commander-in-pakistan.html | title=Drone strike kills Haqqani commander in Pakistan | date=13 October 2011 | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | access-date=29 December 2011 | first1=Alex | last1=Rodriguez | first2=Zulfiqar |last2=Ali}}{{cite news | title=US drones strike in North, South Waziristan | date=13 October 2011 | newspaper=Express Tribune |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/273122/us-drone-strike-kills-four-in-n-waziristan-2/ | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite web |last=Roggio |first=Bill | url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/10/us_predators_kill_4_10.php | title=US Predators kill 6 'militants' in North and South Waziristan | work=Long War Journal | date=13 October 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}} The widow of Abu Miqdad al Masri, a member of al-Qaida's Shura Majlis, or executive council, later stated that he, along with their two sons Al Miqdad Rafie Mustafa and Khalid Rafie Mustafa, were killed in a drone strike on or around this date.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/04/death_of_al_qaeda_sh.php Death of al Qaeda Shura member confirmed by widow]", Long War Journal, 23 April 2012.
26 October 2011: A U.S. drone strike in South Waziristan killed 13–22 militants, including Taj Gul Mehsud, a close aid to the TTP.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-drone-idUSTRE79R2AU20111028 | title=Suspected U.S. drone kills 13 Pakistani Taliban | work=Reuters |date=28 October 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Jibran | last=Ahmad}}
27 October 2011: A U.S. drone strike targeted Maulvi Nazir's faction of the Taliban in the Warsak area of South Waziristan. Four, including Nazir's younger brother, were killed.{{cite news | title=Pakistan drone attack 'kills' top militants | date=27 October 2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15474100 |work=BBC News | access-date=29 December 2011}}{{cite news |title=US drone kills 5 Taliban commanders in SWA | date=27 October 2011 | url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/NewsDetail.aspx?ID=25453&title=US-drone-kills-5-Taliban-commanders-in-SWA | newspaper=News International (Pakistan) | access-date=29 December 2011}}
27 October 2011: In a separate attack, a drone fired missiles into an alleged militant hideout near the North Waziristan town of Mir Ali, killing six men.{{cite web | title=Two suspected US drone strikes kill 11 militants in Pakistan | date=27 October 2011 | url=https://www.voanews.com/a/suspected-us-drone-strike-targets-key-pakistani-taliban-commander-132688858/168146.html | work=VOA | access-date=29 December 2011}}
30 October 2011: Suspected U.S. drones fired six missiles at a vehicle in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, killing six alleged militants.{{cite news | title=Suspected US drones kill 6 in Pakistan | date=30 October 2011 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/9920965 | newspaper=Guardian (UK) | access-date=29 December 2011 | agency=Associated Press}}
31 October 2011: Three people including two boys, Tariq Aziz and his 12-year-old cousin Waheed Khan were killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Miranshah area North Waziristan. Prior to his killing, 16-year-old Tariq Aziz had helped the Bureau of Investigative Journalism document civilian casualties caused by drone strikes. Human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith said: "I met this lad Tariq last week, and he was no more a terrorist than my mother."{{cite web | title=Bureau reporter meets 16-year-old three days before US drone kills him | date=4 November 2011 | first=Pratap | last=Chatterjee | url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/11/04/bureau-reporter-meets-16-year-old-just-three-days-before-he-is-killed-by-a-us-drone/ | access-date=29 December 2011 | work=Bureau of Investigative Journalism | archive-date=18 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918175656/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2011/11/04/bureau-reporter-meets-16-year-old-just-three-days-before-he-is-killed-by-a-us-drone/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://reprieve.org.uk/press/2011_11_06_Tariq_CIA_drone_Waziristan/ | title=Teenage anti-drone protester killed by CIA strike in Pakistan | date=6 November 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | work=Reprieve (UK) | archive-date=11 December 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211125850/http://www.reprieve.org.uk/press/2011_11_06_Tariq_CIA_drone_Waziristan/ | url-status=dead }}{{cite news | title=Three killed in US drone strike in Miranshah | date=31 October 2011 | url= http://tribune.com.pk/story/285645/three-killed-in-us-drone-strike-in-miranshah/ | newspaper=Express Tribune | access-date=29 December 2011 | first=Iftikhar | last=Firdous}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/07/cia-unaccountable-drone-war|title=The CIA's unaccountable drone war claims another casualty|author=Pratap Chatterjee|work=the Guardian|date=7 November 2011 |access-date=17 July 2015}}
3 November 2011: Three men, suspected as being Haqqani network militants, killed in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/03/world/pakistan-drone-strike/ | title=3 killed in suspected U.S. drone attack in Pakistan | date=3 November 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=29 December 2011}}
15 November 2011: 6 or 7 suspected militants were killed when a drone fired two missiles on a suspected militant compound in Miranshah Bazaar, part of the town of Miranshah, North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15732204 |work=BBC News | title=Pakistan drone attack kills six in North Waziristan | date=15 November 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011}}
16 November 2011: 16 people, at least two of whom were TTP militants, were killed after about six missiles from drones targeted a compound in the Babar Ghar area of Sararogha Tehsil, South Waziristan.{{cite news | first=Iftikhar | last=Firdous | title=Drone strike in South Waziristan kills 16 | date=16 November 2011 | newspaper=Express Tribune | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/292669/drone-strike-in-south-waziristan-kills-at-least-6-people/ | access-date=29 December 2011}}
17 November 2011: 6 suspected militants killed in a strike near Razmak in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/17/world/asia/pakistan-drones/ | title=Drone strike kills 6 militants in Pakistan: officials | date=17 November 2011 | work=CNN | access-date=29 December 2011}}

=2012=

==January to April==

10 January 2012: U.S. drone strike near Miran Shah killed four militants including three Arabs according to Pakistani intelligence officials. A U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Reuters they believe the attack have killed Aslam Awan, also known as Abdullah Khorasani, who has been described as a senior operations organiser for al Qaeda. Pakistani officials could not confirm that Awan was killed.{{cite news|url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/us-fires-1st-drone-into-pakistan-since-fatal-strike-that-killed-2-dozen-pakistani-troops-137061038.html |title=Pentagon says it neither sought nor received assurances that Pakistan army won't stage coup |newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press |agency=Associated Press |first=Robert |last=Burns |date=10 January 2012 |access-date=20 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305145921/http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/us-fires-1st-drone-into-pakistan-since-fatal-strike-that-killed-2-dozen-pakistani-troops-137061038.html |archive-date=5 March 2012 }}{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9006298/US-drone-attack-kills-four-militants-in-Pakistan.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Rob | last=Crilly | title=US drone attack kills four militants in Pakistan | date=10 January 2012}}{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/us-fires-1st-drone-into-pakistan-since-strike-that-killed-pakistani-troops-4-militants-dead/2012/01/10/gIQANo0ipP_story.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052941/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/us-fires-1st-drone-into-pakistan-since-strike-that-killed-pakistani-troops-4-militants-dead/2012/01/10/gIQANo0ipP_story.html | archive-date=2012-01-12 |title=US Fires 1st Drone Into Pakistan Since Strike That Killed Pakistani Troops - 4 Militants Dead |url-status=dead}} 20 January 2012 [http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/20/senior-al-qaeda-figure-killed-in-pakistan-drone-strike.html Senior Qaeda figure killed in Pakistan drone strike] Dawn.com
11 January 2012: According to unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials a U.S. drone fired two missiles at two vehicles driving towards the Afghan border in the Dogga area of North Waziristan killing between 6 and 8 people. Other Pakistani intelligence officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said that intercepted militant radio communications indicated that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud may have been killed in this drone strike. The Taliban denied that.{{cite news | url=http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-12/asia/world_asia_pakistan-drone-strike_1_drone-strike-militant-compound-drone-attacks?_s=PM:ASIA | work=CNN | title=8 killed in drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region | date=24 May 2012 | access-date=2 September 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114225046/http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-12/asia/world_asia_pakistan-drone-strike_1_drone-strike-militant-compound-drone-attacks?_s=PM:ASIA | archive-date=14 January 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-drone-idUSTRE80B1LW20120112 | work=Reuters | title=Drone strike in NW Pakistan kills six militants | date=12 January 2012}}{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/bomb-strikes-shiite-religious-procession-in-east-pakistan-killing-13/2012/01/15/gIQAzhDS0P_story.html | title=Bomb Strikes Shiite Religious Procession in East Pakistan Killing 13 | df=dmy-all | access-date=3 September 2017 | archive-date=15 January 2012 | archive-url=http://web.archive.bibalex.org/web/20120115225626/http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia-pacific/bomb-strikes-shiite-religious-procession-in-east-pakistan-killing-13/2012/01/15/gIQAzhDS0P_story.html | url-status=dead }} Later reports indicated that Aslam Awan, a deputy to the leader of al Qaeda's external operations network, was killed in the strike.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/05/us_drones_kill_10_in.php US Drones Kill 10 in North Waziristan]", Long War Journal, 4 May 2012.
23 January 2012: According to senior security official speaking to Agence France-Presse on condition of anonymity: A drone strike kills four militants, reportedly from Turkmenistan, in a vehicle in Degan near Miramshah, North Waziristan.Agence France-Presse, "[http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/23/us-drone-attack-in-north-waziristan.html US drone strike kills four in North Waziristan]", Dawn, 24 January 2012.
8 February 2012: According to unnamed Pakistani security officials, two U.S. Drone strikes within 24 hours killed around 14 militants and their family members. In the first strike, drones fired a pair of missiles at a compound in the town of Tappi near Miranshah killing 10 Haqqani Network and Central Asian fighters. In the second strike, the drone fired a pair of missiles at a compound in Miranshah, killing Badr Mansoor, who was the al-Qaeda chief for Pakistan along with his wife and 2 children. Al Qaeda later confirmed Mansoor's death.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/03/al_qaeda_eulogizes_s.php Al Qaeda eulogizes senior commander killed in recent drone strike]", Long War Journal, 10 March 2012.
16 February 2012: Two separate U.S. drone strikes killed at least 21 suspected militants. In the first attack, U.S. drones fired missiles at a compound in the town of Spalga near Miranshah, killing at least 5 suspected militants and wounded several others. In the second attack, U.S. drone struck a convoy of vehicles near Mir Ali, about 25 kilometers east of Miranshah, killing at least 15 "Uzbek militants", according to unknown officials. There is no way of getting independent confirmation of the figures as reporters are prevented by the authorities from travelling to the region.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17053995 |work=BBC News | title=US drone strikes 'kill Pakistan militants' | date=16 February 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/16/two-u-s-drone-strikes-kill-at-least-13-militants-in-pakistans-tribal-badlands/ |title=U.S. drone strikes kill 13 militants in North Waziristan, Pakistan | News | National Post |publisher=News.nationalpost.com |access-date=2012-11-07}}
25 February 2012: According to Pakistani officials, a U.S. drone crashed in the Machikhel area about 20 miles east of Miranshah, North Waziristan. According to the officials, Taliban militants recovered equipment from the crashed drone.Agence France-Presse, "US Drone Crashes In NW Pakistan: Official", Yahoo! News, 25 February 2012.
9 March 2012: According to Pakistani officials, drone missiles killed 12–13 suspected militants in Makeen in the Mandao district of South Waziristan. According to The Long War Journal, the Makeen area is under the control of Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.Associated Press, "Pakistan: U.S. Drone Strike Kills 12 Militants", Arizona Republic, 10 March 2012Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/03/us_drones_kill_13_in.php US drones kill at least 13 in South Waziristan strike]", The Long War Journal, 9 March 2012. Later reports indicated that Samir H., a German jihadist, was killed in this strike.
13 March 2012: Two separate drone attacks occurred in the Waziristan region. The first, in the Drey Nishtar area of South Waziristan along the Afghan border, targeted fighters under Maulvi Nazir who were traveling in a vehicle and killed 8 suspected militants, including local commanders Amir Hamza, Shamsullah and Qari Haleemullah. The second attack happened in the Sara Khawra/Shawal area straddling the border between North and South Waziristan. 7 suspected militants in a vehicle died in that attack.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/2012/03/13/us-drone-strike-kills-five-in-south-waziristan.html | title=Multiple US drone strikes in Waziristan kill at least 15|agency=Agence France-Presse| work=dawn.com | date=13 March 2012 | access-date=13 March 2012}}Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/03/us_drones_kill_2_goo.php US drones kill 2 'good Taliban' commanders in pair of strikes in South Waziristan]", Long War Journal, 13 March 2012.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2012/03/taliban_confirm_deaths_of_3_of.php Taliban confirm recent drone strike killed 3 of Nazir's deputies]", Long War Journal, 21 March 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829155216/http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2012/03/taliban_confirm_deaths_of_3_of.php |date=29 August 2012 }}
29 March 2012: According to unnamed Pakistani officials, U.S. drones fired a missile at a house in Miranshah, North Waziristan killing 4 militants and wounding 2 others. The strike occurred in the money changers market in the Miranshah commercial district.{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3BKtLhDFk7Kj-RUmbbxDWWYXCsg?docId=CNG.66e71d56aeda0ad2a877f5ab43bf59bf.cd1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125054851/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g3BKtLhDFk7Kj-RUmbbxDWWYXCsg?docId=CNG.66e71d56aeda0ad2a877f5ab43bf59bf.cd1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-25 |title=AFP: US drone strike 'kills 4 militants' in Pakistan |date=2012-03-29 |access-date=2012-11-07 }}
29 April 2012: U.S. drones fired missiles at an abandoned girls school in Miranshah, North Waziristan killing 4 suspected militants and wounding 3 others. A local resident, Haji Niamat Khan, said more than two dozen militants were living in the school when it was attacked.[http://tribune.com.pk/story/371720/us-drone-strike-targets-school-in-n-waziristan/ Drone strike kills four suspected militants in North Waziristan], Tribune PK, 19 April 2012. 19 July 2014. It may be that Abu Usman Adil, emir of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, was killed in this strike as the group announced in August that he had died in an April drone strike.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/imu_announces_death_1.php IMU announces death of emir, names new leader]", Long War Journal, 4 August 2012Walsh, Declan, and Ismail Khan, "Uzbek Group Says Drone Killed Leader", New York Times, 5 August 2012, p. 8

==May to August==

4 May 2012: Four to eight drone-launched missiles hit a compound in the village of Darr-e-Nishtar in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan, killing eight to ten suspected militants and wounding one.
23 May 2012: A U.S. drone strike has killed at least four suspected militants in the North Waziristan tribal area, unnamed Pakistani security officials say, in an area known to be a stronghold of al-Qaeda and the Taliban."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18171499]", BBC, 4 May 2012.
24 May 2012: A U.S. drone strike has killed at least eight people in a volatile tribal area of north-west Pakistan, officials say."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18186093]", BBC, 4 May 2012.
26 May 2012: According to unnamed officials, four to eight drone-launched missiles hit a compound in the village of Darr-e-Nishtar in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan, killing at least four people. Pakistani officials said those killed were suspected militants, but this has not been independently verified."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18218238]", BBC, 4 May 2012.
28 May 2012: A U.S. drone strike has killed at least six people in north-west Pakistan, officials say, the latest in a barrage of strikes on a restive tribal region."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18232018]", BBC, 4 May 2012.
29 May 2012: Twelve people were killed and five others injured in two separate U.S. drone attacks in Mir Ali and Dattakhel areas of the North Waziristan tribal region."[http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-13-14955-12-killed-in-twin-drone-strikes-in-NWA 12 killed in twin drone strikes in NWA]", The News International, 29 May 2012.
2 June 2012: Pakistani security official speaking on condition of anonymity said, a U.S. drone strike targeting a vehicle in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt killed at least four suspected militants."[http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=52247 Drone strikes in South Waziristan kill four] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910045723/http://www.geo.tv/GeoDetail.aspx?ID=52247 |date=10 September 2012 }}", Geo News, 2 June 2012.
3 June 2012: Ten suspected militants are killed when a U.S. drone fires four missiles at a gathering in the village of Mana Raghza mourning the death of an insurgent killed in a drone strike the previous day."[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/03/american-drones-kill-12-pakistan]", The Guardian, 3 June 2012.
4 June 2012: Sixteen people were killed and two injured when U.S. drones attacked a house and a vehicle suspected of carrying militants in Mir Ali in North Waziristan."[https://web.archive.org/web/20120607011406/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-06/04/c_131629263.htm]", Xinhua, 4 June 2012.{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9311481/Senior-al-Qaeda-chief-targeted-in-US-drone-strike.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Senior al-Qaeda chief 'targeted in US drone strike' | date=5 June 2012}} Unnamed U.S. and Pakistani officials stated that Al-Qaeda second in command Abu Yahya al-Libi was killed in the strike."[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/world/asia/qaeda-deputy-killed-in-drone-strike-in-pakistan.html]", New York Times, 5 June 2012.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/06/abu_yahya_al_libi_ru.php Abu Yahya al Libi killed in latest drone strike, US officials say]", Long War Journal, 5 June 2012; retrieved 6 June 2012 Unnamed American officials said Abu Yahya al-Libi was the sole casualty of the strike however Pakistani officials said 16 people were killed in the strike.Dilanian, Ken, [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/world/asia/qaeda-deputy-killed-in-drone-strike-in-pakistan.html?_r=1 "Congress Zooms In On Drone Killings"], Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2012, p. 1
13–14 June 2012:Two drone strikes within 24-hours in North Waziristan. The first killed four suspected militants in a vehicle in the village of Isha near Miramshah. The second strike killed three suspected militants in a building in Miramshah.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/06/us_drones_strike_in_1.php US drones strike in Miramshah's bazaar, kill 3 militants]", Long War Journal, 14 June 2012; retrieved 14 June 2012
26 June 2012: A drone strike killed 5 and wounded 3 in a compound in the Shawal Valley of North Waziristan.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/06/us_drone_strike_kill_8.php US drone strike kills 5 'militants' in North Waziristan]", Long War Journal, 26 June 2012, retrieved 2 July 2012
1 July 2012: According to unnamed Pakistani officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, drone-launched missiles strike a compound in the Shawal Valley of North Waziristan, killed eight militants from the Turkistan Islamic Party and loyalists of Hafiz Gul Bahadar.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/07/us_drones_strike_aga.php US drones strike again in the Shawal Valley]", Long War Journal, 2 July 2012, retrieved 2 July 2012
6 July 2012: U.S. drones fired six missiles at a compound near Miranshah killing up to 19 suspected militants. Pakistani officials stated that most of the killed were foreigners."Suspected US Drone Strike Kills 19 in Pakistan", Voice of America, 6 July 2012
23 July 2012: Eight drone-fired missiles strike a compound in the village of Dre Nishtar in the Shawal Valley of North Waziristan, killing 12 suspected militants. According to the Long War Journal reportedly loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadar including a local Taliban commander.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/07/us_drone_strike_kill_9.php US drone strike kills 12 'militants' in North Waziristan]", Long War Journal, 23 July 2012
29 July 2012: According to an unnamed security official, six drone-fired missiles hit a compound and vehicle in Khushhali Turikhel near Mir Ali, North Waziristan, killing six to seven Uzbek militants.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/07/six_uzbeks_killed_in.php 6 Uzbeks killed in North Waziristan drone strike]", Long War Journal, 29 July 2012
18 August 2012: Unnamed Pakistani officials told the AFP that two drone fired missiles hit a compound and vehicle in Shuwedar in the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan, killing six suspected militants. The attack came as people were celebrating the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/us_drones_kill_6_mil.php US drones kill 6 'militants' in Pakistan's Shawal Valley]", Long War Journal, 18 August 2012{{cite news|agency=AFP |url=http://dawn.com/2012/08/18/drone-attack-kills-four-in-north-waziristan-3/ |title=Drone attack kills six in North Waziristan |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=2012-08-18 |access-date=2012-11-07}}
19 August 2012: According to Pakistani intelligence officials speaking on condition of anonymity, five drones fire missiles at two vehicles in the Mana area of the Shawal Valley in North Waziristan, killing four to seven suspected militants. A short time later, additional missiles targeted recovery efforts at the destroyed vehicles, killing two more suspected militants.{{cite web |url=http://dawn.com/2012/08/19/second-drone-strike-kills-four-militants-in-n-waziristan-officials/ |title=Third drone strike in 24 hours kills two in North Waziristan |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=2012-08-19 |access-date=2012-11-07}}Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/6_more_militants_kil.php 8 more 'militants' killed in pair of drone strikes in North Waziristan]", Long War Journal, 19 August 2012
21 August 2012: A drone strike near Miramshah, North Waziristan may have killed top Haqqani Network leader Badruddin Haqqani, according to Afghan intelligence reports. The Haqqani network denied that Badruddin was killed.Vogt, Heidi, and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press, "[https://news.yahoo.com/afghans-sources-confirm-badruddin-haqqani-dead-142214913.html Afghans: Sources confirm Badruddin Haqqani is dead]", Yahoo! News, 26 August 2012; Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/badruddin_haqqani_ru.php Badruddin Haqqani rumored killed in US drone strike]", 25 August 2012, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/08/badruddin_haqqani_al.php Badruddin Haqqani 'is alive and healthy,' Taliban spokesman says]", Long War Journal, 26 August 2012
24 August 2012: U.S. drones fired at least six missiles into a mud-walled compounds and at least two vehicles killing 18 people. An intelligence officials said on condition of anonymity that the leader of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Emeti Yakuf, also known by his local name as Abdul Jabbar, two Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) commanders and three other militant commanders were among the dead.{{cite news|last=Walsh |first=Declan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-kill-18-in-pakistan.html |title=Badruddin Haqqani Believed Dead in Pakistan Drone Strike |location=Pakistan |newspaper=NYTimes.com |date=2012-08-24 |access-date=2012-11-07}}Sherazi, Zahir Shah, "[http://dawn.com/2012/08/24/drone-strike-kills-five-in-n-waziristan/ US drones kill at least 18 in northwest Pakistan]", [DAWN], 24 August 2012

==September to December==

1 September 2012: Four drone-fired missiles hit a compound and vehicle in Degan, North Waziristan, reportedly killing six suspected militants.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/09/6_killed_in_us_drone.php 6 killed in US drone strike in North Waziristan]", Long War Journal, 1 September 2012
22 September 2012: Drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle traveling in the Datta Khel area of in North Waziristan, killing three suspected militants.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/09/us_drones_kill_3_mil.php US drones kill 3 'militants' in Datta Khel]", Long War Journal, 22 September 2012
24 September 2012: Drone-fired missiles kill five or six suspected "foreign" militants in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. Two of those killed were reportedly Abu Kasha al Iraqi and Fateh al Turki. Abu Kasha reportedly acted as a liaison between al Qaeda's Shura Majlis (executive council) and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan and the Uzbek Islamic Jihad Group. al Turki was a previously unidentified, mid-level, al Qaeda leader. Taliban sources confirmed their deaths.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/09/2_al_qaeda_leaders_r.php 2 al Qaeda leaders reported killed in Mir Ali drone strike]", Long War Journal, 25 September 2012Khan, Ismail, and Scott Shane, "Qaeda Operatives Killed In Drone Strike, Official Says", New York Times, 26 September 2012{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C26%5Cstory_26-9-2012_pg7_2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416102746/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C09%5C26%5Cstory_26-9-2012_pg7_2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-16 |title=Leading News Resource of Pakistan |newspaper=Daily Times |date=2012-09-26 |access-date=2012-11-07 }}{{cite web|author=RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal |url=http://www.rferl.org/content/qaeda-senior-figure-killed-us-drone-strike/24719094.html |title=Senior Al-Qaeda Figure Said Killed In U.S. Drone Strike |publisher=Rferl.org |date=2012-09-25 |access-date=2012-11-07}}
1 October 2012: Four drone-fired missiles hit a vehicle in the village of Khaderkhai in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan, killing three suspected militants, including senior al-Qaeda member Hassan Ghul.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/10/us_drones_kill_3_reb.php US drones kill 3 'rebels' in Mir Ali strike]", Long War Journal, 1 October 2012Miller, Greg, Tate, Julie and Gellman, Barton (17 October 2013) [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/documents-reveal-nsas-extensive-involvement-in-targeted-killing-program/2013/10/16/29775278-3674-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html Documents reveal NSA’s extensive involvement in targeted killing program] washingtonpost.com
10 October 2012: A suspected U.S. drone attack killed three to five suspected militants in a compound in the Mir Ali area of North Waziristan.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/10/5_militants_killed_i.php 5 'militants' killed in US drone strike in Mir Ali]", Long War Journal, 10 October 2012
12 October 2012: A U.S. drone attack on Thursday killed 16–18 alleged insurgents – reportedly consisting of mostly Afghan Taliban – at a compound in the Buland Khel area of Arakzai in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) near the border with Afghanistan, officials said. This is only the second known drone strike in Arakzai to date.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C10%5C12%5Cstory_12-10-2012_pg1_4 |access-date=12 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017144336/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012%5C10%5C12%5Cstory_12-10-2012_pg1_4 |archive-date=17 October 2012|title=Drone strike kills 18 'Afghans' in Orakzai}}, Long War Journal, 10 October 2012Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/10/us_drones_kil_16_mil.php US drones kill 16 'militants' in Arakzai strike]", Long War Journal, 11 October 2012
24 October 2012: Three drone-fired missiles hit a compound and vehicle in the village of Tappi near Miramshah, North Waziristan, reportedly killing four militants, a civilian, and three cows.Roggio, Bill, "[http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2012/10/us_drones_kill_4_mil_1.php US drones kill 4 'militants,' 1 civilian in North Waziristan strike]", Long War Journal, 24 October 2012 This airstrike was most likely the one that killed Mammana Bibi, due to the dates matching. Mammana's death gained attention in October of 2013 as her son, Rafiq ur Rehman, travelled to Washington D.C. with his children, Zubair, and Nabila Rehman (who testified in front of Congress).{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/from-pakistan-family-comes-to-tell-of-drone-strikes-toll/2013/10/29/453fb990-4025-11e3-a751-f032898f2dbc_story.html|title=From Pakistan, family comes to tell of drone strike's toll|newspaper=The Washington Post }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/29/pakistan-family-drone-victim-testimony-congress|title=Drone strikes: tears in Congress as Pakistani family tells of mother's death|newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 October 2013 |last1=McVeigh |first1=Karen }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pakistani-family-gives-congress-an-unprecedented-account-of-effect-of-cia-drone-attacks-on-their-community-8911587.html|title=Pakistani family gives Congress an unprecedented account of effect of CIA drone attacks on their community|website=Independent.co.uk |date=30 October 2013 }}
29 November 2012: A drone attack targeted a vehicle in the Shin Warsak village of Birmil Tehsil. The Express Tribune reported two suspected militants died as a result, but the AFP reported no casualties.{{cite news | url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/472742/us-drone-strike-kills-2-in-south-waziristan/ |title=Drone strike kills 2 in South Waziristan | work=The Express Tribune |date=29 November 2012 | access-date=29 November 2012 | author=Ali, Zulfiqar}}

=2013=

2 January 2013: A drone strike killed 10 militants, including Mullah Nazir, in South Waziristan near the Afghan border.{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/u-drone-strike-kills-important-taliban-commander-sources-052339677.html |title=U.S. drone strike kills key Pakistan Taliban commander: sources |work=Yahoo! News |date=2012-01-03 |agency=Reuters |access-date=3 January 2013 |author=Wazir, Hafiz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105103539/http://news.yahoo.com/u-drone-strike-kills-important-taliban-commander-sources-052339677.html |archive-date=5 January 2013 }}
8 February 2013: Two al Qaeda fighters were killed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/02/2_al_qaeda_operative.php|title=2 al Qaeda operatives killed in latest drone strike in South Waziristan|date=8 February 2013 }}
29 May 2013: Two security officials said that Waliur Rehman Mehsud was among five people killed when a drone struck a house outside Miranshah, North Waziristan.{{cite news|title=Pakistan Says U.S. Drone Killed Taliban Leader|author=Mazzetti, M.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/world/asia/drone-strike-hits-near-pakistani-afghan-border.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 May 2013|access-date=29 May 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/waliur-rehman-pakistani-talibans-no-2-killed-in-apparent-drone-strike/|title=Waliur Rehman, Pakistani Taliban's No. 2, killed in apparent drone strike|website=CBS News |date=29 May 2013 }}
7 June 2013: At least seven people were killed when an American drone fired three missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan, according to an intelligence official, hours after the country's new prime minister announced his cabinet.{{cite news|title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills at Least 7 in Pakistan as New Prime Minister Announces Cabinet|author=Masood, S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/08/world/asia/us-drone-strikes-pakistan-as-sharif-names-cabinet.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1&|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 June 2013|access-date=23 June 2013}}
3 July 2013: A U.S. drone strike killed at least 16 people in Pakistan's restive border region early on Wednesday, Pakistani security officials said, in the biggest such attack this year, and the second since Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif took office. Most of those killed were fighters for the Haqqani network, according to three Taliban commanders and security officials. Two missiles hit a house near the main market in Miranshah, the provincial capital of the tribal region of North Waziristan. The region is considered a Taliban stronghold.{{cite news|title=U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills at Least 16|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/world/asia/drone-attack-pakistan.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=3 July 2013|first1=Salman|last1=Masood}}
13 July 2013: At least two people were killed Saturday in an American drone strike in a northwestern tribal region of Pakistan, according to intelligence officials.{{cite news|title=2 Killed by U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/world/asia/2-killed-by-us-drone-strike-in-pakistan.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=13 July 2013}}
28 July 2013: At least six militants were killed and four others injured after the latest American drone strike in Pakistan's restive tribal belt on Sunday, Pakistani intelligence officials and militant commanders said.{{cite news|title=U.S. Drone Strike Kills at Least 6 in Pakistan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/29/world/asia/us-drone-strike-kills-at-least-6-in-pakistan.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|date=28 July 2013}}
31 August 2013: A U.S. drone targeted a vehicle in North Waziristan tribal agency, killing four suspected militants said to be of Turkmen origin.Zahir Shah Sherazi, [http://www.dawn.com/news/1039609/us-drone-kills-four-foreign-militants-in-north-waziristan US drone kills four ‘foreign militants’ in North Waziristan], Dawn,31 Aug 2013. 19 July 2014.
5 September 2013: A drone strike on a house in the Ghulam Khan district of North Waziristan killed Mullah Sangeen Zadran, deputy to Sirajuddin Haqqani of the Haqqani Network, and Zubir al Muzi, an al Qaeda explosives expert from Egypt, as well as three others.Rogio, Bill (6 Sept, 2013) [http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2013/09/mullah_sangeen_zadra.php Mullah Sangeen Zadran, al Qaeda commander reported killed in drone strike] longwarjournal.org(6 September 2013) [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23983388 US drone 'kills Haqqani commander Sangeen Zadran'] bbc.co.uk/news
30 September 2013: A U.S. drone targeted a compound killed three, the attack took place in the Boya area of North Waziristan region.Parvez Jabri (30 Sept 2013) [http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/138239-us-drone-strike-kills-three-in-north-waziristan.html US drone strike in North Waziristan leaves three dead] brecorder
30 October 2013: Three suspected militants were killed and three more people injured in a drone strike on a compound on Zafar Town area near Miramshah, North Waziristan.Sherazi, Zahir Shah (30 October 2013) [http://www.dawn.com/news/1052945/us-drone-strike-in-north-waziristan-leaves-three-dead US drone strike in North Waziristan leaves three dead] dawn.com
1 November 2013: A U.S. drone targeted a vehicle in the Dande Darpakhel area of North Waziristan. The attack killed five militants including Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), as well as the leader's two key aides and fellow militant commanders, Abdullah Bahar Mehsud and Tariq Mehsud. Two others were injured in the strike.Sherazi, Zahir Shah (19:16:43 on 1 Nov 2013) [http://dawn.com/news/1053410 Drone kills TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud: intelligence officials] dawn.com
21 November 2013: A U.S. drone targeted a religious seminary in Hangu District, Tal area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Six were killed, including Maulvi Hameedullah and Maulvi Ahmad Jan, two senior aides to Sirajuddin Haqqani, who was reportedly spotted at the seminary two days prior.{{Cite web |date=2015-09-24 |title=U.S. drone kills senior militant in Pakistani seminary |website=Reuters |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-pakistan-drone-idUSBRE9AK06Q20131121 |access-date=2022-10-17 |archive-date=21 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121150820/http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/21/us-pakistan-drone-idUSBRE9AK06Q20131121 |url-status=bot: unknown }} It is believed the pair were attending a condolence meeting for Naseeruddin Haqqani who was killed on 11 November.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/21/pakistan-drone-strike-kills-up-to-six Pakistan drone strike kills up to six], The Guardian, 21 Nov 2013. 19 July 2014.(22 November 2013)[http://tribune.com.pk/story/635315/maulvi-ahmad-jan-sirajuddins-trusted-deputy/ Maulvi Ahmad Jan: Sirajuddin’s trusted deputy] tribune.com.pk
29 November 2013: Three suspected militants were killed and several other injured in a U.S. drone strike on a compound in Angar Kalli area near Miran Shah Tehsil in North Waziristan Agency.Zahir Shah Sherazi, [http://dawn.com/news/1059365/three-suspected-militants-killed-in-north-waziristan-drone-attack "Three suspected militants killed in North Waziristan drone attack"], Dawn,29 Nov 2013. 19 July 2014.
26 December 2013: A U.S. drone strike fired two missiles on a compound in Qutab Khel village, Miramshah, North-Waziristan, killing four and injuring one.Agencies, [http://www.dawn.com/news/1076332/us-drone-kills-four-suspected-militants-in-north-waziristan "US drone kills four suspected militants in North Waziristan"], Dawn,26 Dec 2013. 19 July 2014.

=2014=

14 May 2014: A U.S. drone fired three missiles on a compound near Pak-Afghan Border, killing 10 and injuring 14 others.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1106250/drone-kills-ten-suspected-militants-on-pak-afghan-border | title=Drone kills ten suspected militants on Pak-Afghan border | work=Zahir Shah Sherzai | date=14 May 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=19 July 2014}}
12 June 2014: Two separate and successive U.S. drone strikes in Dargah Mandi village and Dande Darpakhel area in North Waziristan killed at least 16 while injuring several others.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1112050/successive-drone-strikes-leave-at-least-16-dead-in-n-waziristan | title=Successive drone strikes leave at least 16 dead in N Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=12 June 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=19 July 2014}}
18 June 2014: A U.S. drone strike killed at least 6 in the Miramshah tehsil of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1113523 | title=US drone attack kills six suspected militants in North Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Sherzai | date=18 June 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=19 July 2014}}
10 July 2014: A U.S. drone strike killed at least 6 in the Madakhel village of Dattakhel tehsil in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/07/several-killed-us-drone-strike-pakistan-20147108658296207.html | title=Several killed in US drone strike in Pakistan | work=Asad Hashim | date=10 July 2014 | agency=Al Jazeera | access-date=19 July 2014}}
16 July 2014: At least 18 people were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1119584/at-least-15-suspected-militants-killed-in-north-waziristan-drone-attack | title=18 suspected militants killed in North Waziristan drone attack | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=16 July 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=19 July 2014}}
19 July 2014: At least 8 people were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Doga Madakhel village of Dattakhel tehsil in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1120275/drone-strike-kills-eight-suspected-militants-in-north-waziristan | title=Drone strike kills eight suspected militants in North Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=19 July 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=19 July 2014}}
6 Aug 2014: At least 7 people were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Dattakhel area of North Waziristan.{{cite news|title=US drone targets Al Qaeda stronghold in Pakistan killing many|url=http://www.karachinews.net/index.php/sid/224504235|access-date=7 August 2014|publisher=Karachi News.Net}}
24 Sept 2014: At least 8 people including Uzbek Militants were reportedly killed in a U.S. drone strike Dattakhel tehsil of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1134041/drone-strike-in-north-waziristan-kills-at-least-eight | title=Drone strike in North Waziristan kills at least eight | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=24 September 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=24 September 2014}}
5 Oct 2014: At least 5 suspected militants were killed in a U.S. drone strike in Shawal area of South Waziristan tribal region.{{cite web | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1136422/drone-strike-kills-five-in-south-waziristan | title=Drone strike kills five in South Waziristan | publisher=DAWN | access-date=7 October 2014 | author=Zahir Shah Sherazi| date=5 October 2014 }}
6 Oct 2014: At least 8 suspected militant were killed and several other injured in a U.S. drone strike in Shawal district of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1136589/drone-strike-kills-eight-wounds-six-in-north-waziristan | title=Drone strike kills eight, wounds six in North Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=6 October 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=7 October 2014}}
7 Oct 2014: At least 3 suspected militants were killed in a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan region.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1136601/second-drone-attack-of-the-day-kills-three-suspected-militants-in-nwa | title=Second drone attack of the day kills three suspected militants in NWA | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=7 October 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=7 October 2014}}
11 Oct 2014': A U.S. drone strikes killed Sheikh Imran Ali Siddiqi a senior leader in al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent along with 4 other militants and wounding 2 more in Tirah Valley. A second U.S. drone strike killed a Taliban commander named Muhammad Mustafa and 3 other militants in Maraga, Shawal Valley, North Waziristan.{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/10/us_drones_kill_good_1.php|title=AQIS leader, 'good' Taliban commander killed in 2 US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas|publisher=the long war journal|date=11 October 2014}}
30 Oct 2014: A U.S. drone strike killed at least 4, injuring several others in Birmal Tehsil of South Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1141332/drone-strike-kills-four-suspected-militants-in-north-waziristan | title=Drone strike kills four suspected militants in North Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=30 October 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=30 October 2014}}
11 Nov 2014: A U.S. drone strike in Doa Toi area of Datakhel tehsil in North Waziristan Agency killed 4 suspected militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1143781/us-drone-strike-kills-four-in-north-waziristan | title=US drone strike kills four in North Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=11 November 2014 | agency=DAWN | access-date=11 November 2014}}
21 Nov 2014:Reportedly Five suspected militants including two commander of 'Qaedat al-Jihad in the sub-continent’, a newly established branch of Al Qaeda were killed in a U.S. Drone strike in Datakhel region of North Waziristan Agency.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1145863/key-qaeda-commanders-sarbuland-retired-major-adil-reported-killed-in-drone-attack | title=key-qaeda-commanders-sarbuland-retired-major-adil-reported-killed-in-drone-attack | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=21 November 2014 | agency=DAWN | access-date=21 November 2014}}
6 December 2014: A U.S. drone strike killed a key Al Qaeda leader Umar Farooq along with four others in Datakhel region of North Waziristan Agency.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/12/al-qaeda-commander-killed-pakistan-20141278342530784.html |title=Al-Qaeda commander 'killed' in Pakistan |publisher=Aljazeera |date=7 December 2014 |access-date=7 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207091442/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2014/12/al-qaeda-commander-killed-pakistan-20141278342530784.html |archive-date=7 December 2014 }}
26 December 2014: Two separate U.S. Drone strikes in the Kund and Mangroti area of Shawal in North Waziristan Agency killed at least 7 suspected militants.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1153275/7-suspected-militants-including-3-foreigners-killed-in-north-waziristan-drone-strikes | title=7-suspected-militants-including-3-foreigners-killed-in-north-waziristan-drone-strikes | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=26 December 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=26 December 2014}}

=2015=

4 January 2015: A reportedly high value unidentified Uzbek commander of Taliban's Gul Bahadur group was killed along with 8 others by a U.S. drone strike in Shawal area of North Waziristan Agency.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1155037/hafiz-gul-bahadur-group-targeted-in-n-waziristan-drone-strike | title=Hafiz Gul Bahadur group targeted in N Waziristan drone strike | work=Zahir Shah Sherazi | date=3 January 2014 | agency=Dawn | access-date=3 January 2015}}
15 January 2015: A U.S. drone strike reportedly killed 7 suspected militants in Wacha Dara area of Liddah Tehsil of South Waziristan Agency.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1157194/us-drone-strike-kills-seven-in-south-waziristan | title=US drone strike kills seven in South Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Shirazi | date=15 January 2015 | agency=Dawn | access-date=16 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/04/us-killed-aqis-deputy-emir-shura-member-in-january-drone-strikes.php|title=US killed AQIS deputy emir, shura member in January drone strikes|publisher=the long war journal|date=12 April 2015}}
19 January 2015: A U.S. drone strike killed 6 while injuring 4 others in the ShahiKhel area of North Waziristan's Shawwal tehsil.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1158011/us-drone-attack-in-north-waziristan-kills-six | title=US drone attack in North Waziristan kills six | work=Zahir Shah Shirazi | date=19 January 2015 | agency=Dawn | access-date=19 January 2015}}
28 January 2015: A U.S. drone strike killed 7 while injuring another militant in the Shawal area of North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1159998/us-drone-strike-kills-six-in-north-waziristan | title=US drone strike kills six in North Waziristan | work=Zahir Shah Shirazi | date=28 January 2015 | agency=Dawn | access-date=28 January 2015}}
18 March 2015: A U.S. drone strike killed a TTP commander Khawrey Mehsud along with 3 others in Shabak area of Kurram Agency.{{cite web | url=http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/01/05/obama-2015-pakistan-drone-strikes/ | title=Obama 2015 pakistan drone strikes | publisher=thebureauinvestigates.com | access-date=16 April 2015 | archive-date=16 January 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116111801/https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/2015/01/05/obama-2015-pakistan-drone-strikes/ | url-status=dead }}
12 April 2015: A U.S. drone strike killed 4 suspected militants in North Waziristan.{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-drones-idUSKBN0N30FE20150412 | title=Drone strike in northwest Pakistan kills four suspected militants | work=Reuters | last1=Hussain|first1=Javed|last2=Mehsud|first2=Saud| date=12 April 2015 | access-date=16 April 2015}}
16 May 2015: A CIA drone strike Killed 7 to 13 people in the Mana area of North Waziristan Agency.{{cite web|last1=Press Release|title=Pakistan Condemns US Drone Strike in North Waziristan|url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?mm=Mjc5NA,,|website=mofa.gov.pk|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government of Pakistan|access-date=10 June 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Walker|first1=Lauren|title=Report: Drone Strikes Kill Dozens in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen in May|url=http://www.newsweek.com/report-drone-strikes-kill-dozens-afghanistan-pakistan-and-yemen-may-338614|website=newsweek.com|date=2 June 2015 |publisher=NEWSWEEK|access-date=10 June 2015}}
18 May 2015: A U.S. drone strike killed 6 suspected militants in Zoye Narye Area of North Waziristan.{{cite news|title=US drone attack in NWA kills six|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1182490|date=17 May 2015|work=Dawn News|access-date=14 June 2015}}
2 June 2015: Four suspected militants were killed in a drone strike targeting a vehicle in the Shawal area of North Waziristan.{{cite news|title=US drone strike kills four suspected militants in North Waziristan|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/896008/drone-strikes-kill-four-in-north-waziristan/|date=2 June 2015|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722041235/http://tribune.com.pk/story/896008/drone-strikes-kill-four-in-north-waziristan/|url-status=live|archive-date=22 July 2015}}
6 June 2015: At least nine suspected militants were killed in a strike in Shawal's Zoya Saidgai area, considered to be a hideout of the Afghan Taliban.{{cite news|title=At least nine killed in NWA drone strike|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/06/06/national/at-least-nine-killed-in-nwa-drone-strike/|date=6 June 2015|work=Pakistan Today|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122504/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/06/06/national/at-least-nine-killed-in-nwa-drone-strike/ |url-status=live|archive-date=24 September 2015}}{{cite news|title=US kills Afghan Taliban fighters in drone strike in Pakistan|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/06/us-kills-afghan-taliban-fighters-in-drone-strike-in-pakistan.php|date=6 June 2015|work=Long War Journal|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608182553/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/06/us-kills-afghan-taliban-fighters-in-drone-strike-in-pakistan.php |url-status=live|archive-date=8 June 2015}}
6 August 2015: Seven suspected militants were killed in a U.S. drone strike at a house in the Lowara Mandi area of Datta Khel in North Waziristan.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/13978-seven-militants-killed-in-nwa-drone-attack|title=Seven militants killed in NWA drone attack|date=7 August 2015|access-date=17 April 2018|newspaper=The News International|place=Karachi, Pakistan|publisher=Jang Group of Newspapers}} The strike was condemned by the Pakistani government.{{cite press release|date=7 August 2015|title=Pakistan Condemns US Drone Strike in North Waziristan|url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?mm=Mjk5OQ,,|location=Islamabad, Pakistan|agency=Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs|access-date=17 April 2018}}
1 September 2015: At least five suspected militants were killed by a U.S. drone strike in either the Lawara Banga{{cite news|newspaper=Geo TV|place=Karachi, Pakistan|title=Three Uzbeks among five killed in North Waziristan drone strike|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/5691-three-uzbeks-among-five-killed-in-north-waziristan-drone-strike|date=1 September 2015|access-date=17 April 2018}} or Karwanda area of North Waziristan.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/949103/drone-strike-in-north-waziristan-kills-four-suspected-militants/|title=Drone strike in North Waziristan kills five suspected militants|newspaper=The Express Tribune|place=Karachi, Pakistan|date=1 September 2015|access-date=17 April 2018}} Three of the people killed in the strike were Uzbek nationals. The strike was condemned by the Pakistani government.{{cite press release|url=http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?mm=MzA1MQ,,|title=Pakistan condemns US drone strike in North Waziristan|date=2 September 2015|access-date=17 April 2018|agency=Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}

=2016=

9 January 2016: A U.S. drone strike killed at least five people in the Mangrooti village of Shawal Valley, North Waziristan, including Pakistan Taliban leader Maulana Noor Saeed and two Uzbeks.{{cite news|newspaper=The Express Tribune|place=Karachi, Pakistan|date=10 January 2016|access-date=17 April 2018|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1024969/unmanned-war-29-killed-as-us-steps-up-drone-strikes/|title=Unmanned war: 29 killed as US steps up drone strikes}}
22 February 2016: A U.S. drone strike in Shaheedano Dhand, Lower Kurram killed five people and injured four others.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/100372-US-drone-kills-five-Haqqani-militants|date=23 February 2016|access-date=17 April 2018|title=US drone kills five Haqqani militants|newspaper=The News International|publisher=Jang Group of Newspapers|place=Karachi, Pakistan}}
21 May 2016: A U.S. drone strike killed Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the leader of the Afghan Taliban,{{cite news|newspaper=Khaama Press|url=https://www.khaama.com/arg-palace-confirms-mullah-mansoor-targeted-in-us-drone-strike-01024/|title=ARG Palace confirms Mullah Mansoor targeted in US drone strike|date=22 May 2016|access-date=17 April 2018|place=Kabul, Afghanistan}} and a taxi driver{{cite news|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/airstrike-on-taliban-leader-escalates-us-involvement-in-afghan-war/2016/05/22/f26ced5a-2014-11e6-aa84-42391ba52c91_story.html?noredirect=on|title= U.S. takes war back to Pakistan with drone strike aimed at Taliban leader|date=23 May 2016|access-date=17 April 2018|last1=Craig|first1=Time|last2=Olivo|first2=Antonio|last3=Ryan|first3=Missy}} near Ahmad Wal, Balochistan.{{cite news|newspaper=The New York Times|date=21 May 2016|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/world/middleeast/us-drone-strike-targets-taliban-leader.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&referer=https:/t.co/2z49YfhPY5|title=U.S. Drone Strike Targets Taliban Leader|access-date=17 April 2018|last=Cooper|first=Helene|author-link=Helene Cooper}}

=2017=

2 March 2017: A U.S. drone strike killed two people were killed in the Sara Khwa area of Lower Kurram. This was the first drone strike in Pakistan under the administration of United States President Donald Trump.{{cite news|url=http://dailynht.com/story/34824|newspaper=National Herald Tribune|date=2017-09-15|place=Pakistan|title=Suspected U.S drone strike kills 3 in Kurram Agency|access-date=2018-04-01|archive-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402101150/http://dailynht.com/story/34824|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1343962/suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-two-pakistan-near-afghanistan-border-official/|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=2 March 2017|title=Drone strike kills two in Kurram Agency|place=Karachi, Pakistan|access-date=1 April 2018}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Nation|place=Lahore, Pakistan|date=3 March 2017|access-date=1 April 2018|title=US drone kills Taliban commander in Kurram|url=https://nation.com.pk/03-Mar-2017/us-drone-kills-taliban-commander-in-kurram|publisher=Nawa-i-Waqt}}
26 April 2017: A U.S. drone strike killed several Pakistani Taliban militants in Zuwai village near Datta Khel, North Waziristan.{{cite news|newspaper=Thomson Reuters Foundation News|date=27 April 2017|access-date=4 April 2018|first=Saud|last=Mehsud|place=London, UK|title=Suspected U.S. drone strike targets Pakistani Taliban militants - sources|url=http://news.trust.org/item/20170427125741-yt27x/|archive-date=26 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426222119/https://news.trust.org/item/20170427125741-yt27x/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|agency=The Associated Press|url=https://apnews.com/1db6fd6898144f86b77d29f063b8012a|title=The Latest: US drone strike kills 7 in northwest Pakistan|date=27 April 2017|access-date=4 April 2018}}{{cite news|newspaper=Anadolu Agency|place=Ankara, Turkey|title=US drone strike kills 8 militants in NW Pakistan|date=27 April 2017|access-date=4 April 2018|first=Aamir|last=Latif|url=https://aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/us-drone-strike-kills-8-militants-in-nw-pakistan/806703}}
24 May 2017: A U.S. drone strike killed three militants in the Garvik area of North Waziristan.{{cite news|newspaper=The Nation|title=US drone kills 3 militants in NWA|date=25 May 2017|access-date=4 April 2018|url=https://nation.com.pk/25-May-2017/us-drone-kills-3-militants-in-nwa|publisher=Nawa-i-Waqt|place=Lahore, Pakistan}}
13 June 2017: Up to three people, including a Haqqani network leader named "Abubakar" and his partner, were killed after a suspected U.S. drone fired two missiles at his house in the Speel Tal area of Hangu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web |last=Akbar |first=Ali |date=2017-06-13 |title=Drone strike kills Haqqani network commander in Hangu |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1339293 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Liberty |first=Radio Free Europe/Radio |date=2017-06-13 |title=Haqqani Network Commander Reportedly Killed By Drone Strike In Pakistan |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/document/1402755.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.rferl.org |language=en}} Local officials contend that the strike was of U.S. origin, but then Pentagon spokesman Adam Stump denied the accusations.{{Cite web |title=US Strike Reportedly Kills Haqqani Network Commander in Pakistan |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/strike-reportedly-kills-haqqani-network-commander-pakistan/3899067.html |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=VOA |date=13 June 2017 |language=en}}
15 September 2017: A U.S. drone strike killed at least three militants belonging to the Afghan Taliban and wounded two others in the Ghozgarhy village of Upper Kurram.{{Cite web|date=2017-09-15|title=US drone kills three in Pakistan tribal belt|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20170915-us-drone-kills-three-pakistan-tribal-belt|access-date=2021-12-11|website=France 24|language=en}}
30 November 2017: Four people were killed after a U.S. drone strike was carried out on a compound under the command of Abdul Rasheed Haqqani, a senior network commander of the Haqqani network, in the Ghozgarhy village of Upper Kurram.{{cite news|newspaper=92 News|place=Lahore, Pakistan|title=Pakistan protests US drone attack in Upper Kurram Agency|date=30 November 2017|access-date=1 April 2018|url=https://92newshd.tv/pakistan-protests-us-drone-attack-upper-kurram-agency/|archive-date=4 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204170037/http://92newshd.tv/pakistan-protests-us-drone-attack-upper-kurram-agency/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|newspaper=Reuters|place=London, UK|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-usadrone/suspected-u-s-drone-targets-haqqani-militants-in-pakistan-killing-four-idUSKBN1DU0U6|title=Suspected U.S. drone targets Haqqani militants in Pakistan, killing four|last=Mahsud|first=Saud|date=30 November 2017|access-date=1 April 2018}}

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17 January 2018: At least one man was severely injured in a drone strike allegedly carried out by a U.S. spy plane in Badshah Kot, Kurram Agency.{{cite news|newspaper=Dawn|publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications|place=Karachi, Pakistan|date=17 January 2018|access-date=17 April 2018|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1383516/drone-strikes-on-both-sides-of-pak-afghan-border-kill-2-injure-1-suspected-militant|title=Drone strikes on both sides of Pak-Afghan border kill 2, injure 1 suspected militant|last=Hussain|first=Javed}}
24 January 2018: A drone strike carried out by the Resolute Support Mission in Kurram Agency targeted an Afghan refugee camp. This strike was condemned by the Pakistani government.{{cite press release|title=Pakistan condemns drone strike by RSM forces in Kurram Agency|url=http://mofa.gov.pk/pakistan-condemns-drone-strike-by-rsm-forces-in-kurram-agency/|agency=Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=24 January 2018|access-date=17 April 2018}}
8 February 2018: A U.S. drone strike on a compound in the border village of Gorwak in North Waziristan, killing seven militants, the apparent target of the strike was Qudrat Ullah, the Haqqani network's local commander, though it is unclear if he was among those killed.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/amp/International/wireStory/officials-us-drone-strike-kills-pakistani-tribal-area-52958161|title=US drone strikes kill 11militants in Pakistan, Afghanistan|newspaper=ABC News|place=New York, NY, United States|date=9 February 2018|access-date=1 April 2018}}
4 July 2018: Two unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials told AP that a U.S. drone strike killed Qari Abdullah Dawar—a commander in the Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the Pakistani Taliban—and his associate while they were walking near their mountain hideout in the Tor Tangai area of North Waziristan.{{Cite web|title=Pakistani officials: Suspected US drone kills militants|url=https://apnews.com/article/4973d5f10a86456eb7eee8c6c5e67890|access-date=2021-02-05|website=AP NEWS|date=4 July 2018 }}

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14 May 2024: Police officials told AP that four people were killed in a drone strikes in North Waziristan.{{Cite web |date=14 May 2024 |title=Missile fired by a drone kills 4 members of a family in Pakistan near the Afghan border, police say |work=Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-missile-drone-killed-villagers-northwest-8a8297916695639869ca4da1b6b2e565}} It is unclear whether the strike was carried out by Pakistani or American forces.

Strikes which may have occurred in Afghanistan or Pakistan

For some drone strikes which landed close to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, it is not certain on which side of the border they occurred.

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26 December 2017: A suspected U.S. drone strike occurred along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, killing a commander from the Haqqani Network according to a Pakistani official and two Haqqani group members. The Pakistani official said it was not clear which side of the border the strike occurred on, while the Haqqani Network members and a witness claimed the strike occurred in Pakistan.{{cite news|newspaper=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-drones/suspected-u-s-drone-kills-militants-on-pakistan-afghan-border-idUSKBN1EK0VH|title=Suspected U.S. drone kills militants on Pakistan-Afghan border|last1=Hussain|first1=Dilawar|last2=Ahmad|first2=Jibran|place=London, UK|date=26 December 2017|access-date=17 April 2018}}

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List of drone strikes in Pakistan

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