Working with a journalist who visited the targeted village of al Yakla five days after the raid and talked to nine of the survivors, we have collected the names and ages of all 25 civilians killed as reported by those who live there. Nine children under the age of 13 were among the victims.
Dataset: the US air war in Afghanistan continues under its third commander in chief.
In an unprecedented moment of transparency during a 14 year covert war, US officials have met the family of an accidental drone strike victim to explain what happened and apologise.
Parents of aid worker killed in January 2015 receive “donation” from US government.
Figures released to the Bureau provide firm evidence the US has intensified its fight against the Taliban despite officially ending combat operations against the group in 2014.
CIA drone strikes from 2004 to then the end of 2015 in Pakistan is mapped on a new infographic.
Armed drones became the symbol of US counter-terrorism policy under Obama (Picture: USAF) Targeted killings or assassinations beyond the battlefield remain a highly charged subject. Most controversial of all is the number of civilians killed in US covert and clandestine … Continued
Funeral of Akram Shah and at least four other civilians in June 2011 (THIS KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) The US government today claimed it has killed between 64 and 116 “non-combatants” in 473 counter-terrorism strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya between … Continued
Most US airstrikes in Afghanistan this year in support of ground troops not targeting suspected terrorists.
The numbers and voice of unaccompanied children seeking asylum on Europe’s shores.
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An investigation into Europe’s refugee crisis finds more than 95,000 children who arrived without any adult claimed asylum in 2015
US jets kill at least 40 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen.
Changes to the Bureau’s Afghanistan data.
US strike flattens terrorist training camp, killed 150.
The full feature on what happened in Khost on June 5 2015.
UN and US data show leap in civilian casualty rate from airstrikes in Afghanistan.
The names for all 10 came from either terrorist propaganda or the US government.
Dataset: US strikes continue in Yemen despite catastrophic civil war and Saudi-led bombing campaign pushing country towards starvation.
Dataset: Civilian casualties fell sharply as drones launched the fewest strikes of the Obama presidency.
