Case study Nek Mohammed Wazir 17/06/2004 Male, Alleged militant, Taliban, Pakistani Nek Mohammed was a local Taliban commander. He was the target of the first US drone strike to take place in Pakistan, on June 17 2004. Most details of Nek Mohammed’s early life come from a detailed profile published in Pakistani newspaper Dawn by veteran Pakistani journalist M Ilyas Khan… Asia Times, Asia Times, BBC, World Security Network, New America Foundation, Dawn, Daily Times, South Asia Analysis, CNN, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Dawn, PBS Frontline, Amnesty International, Rand, Defence Technical Information Center
Case study Amer Azizi 01/12/2005 Male, Alleged militant, Al Qaeda, Moroccan (Hedami) Moroccan-born Amer Azizi was an al Qaeda operative linked to both the September 11 2001 attacks in New York and the Madrid train bombing in 2004. Born in Hedami, Morocco, in 1968, Amer Azizi undertook military training in Afghanistan in the 1980s, according to terrorism monitoring website Global Jihad. He… Family Security Matters, Reuters, Interviu, US diplomatic cable, El Mundo, National Interest, Global Jihad, Combatting Terrorism Centre
Case study Raquel Burgos Garcia 01/12/2005 Female, Unknown, Spanish (Madrid) Raquel Burgos García was born in Madrid. She married Amer Azizi, a senior al Qaeda operative, and fled to Pakistan with him and their three children. She is believed to have died in a drone strike in December 2005. García was an only child and a happy 20-year-old, her father… Interviu, US diplomatic cable, El Mundo, Global Jihad , New York Times, Guardian, La Vanguardia, RTVE, Metro, ABC (Es), El Pais, Associated Press, Tiempo de Hoy, Independent, Time, Combating Terrorism Center, Long War Journal, Associated Press, Galicia Diario, Combating Terrorism Center, Jamestown Foundation
Case study Abu Laith al Libi / Abu Layth al Libi 29/01/2008 Male, Alleged militant, AQ, Libyan ‘Veteran jihadist’ Abu Laith al Libi reportedly acted as al Qaeda’s chief of operations and was killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan on January 29 2008. He was born in Libya in 1967. He became a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), a militant group,… Guardian, Adkronos, Long War Journal, Associated Press, Dawn, Daily Telegraph, Long War Journal, Adkronos, NBC News Pakistan, Counter Terrorism Blog, Time, BBC, Washington Post
Case study Rashid Rauf 22/11/2008 Male, Alleged militant, Al Qaeda, British (Birmingham) British extremist Rashid Rauf was linked to attacks and plots on the UK and US, including the July 7 2005 bombings in London and the 2006 liquid bomb air plot. He fled to Pakistan in 2002 and was wanted by both Britain and US for several years before his death… BBC, Nation, Daily Telegraph, Dawn, Daily Mail, Guardian, New York Times, Birmingham Mail, The News, US Department of Justice, CNN
Case study Usama al Kini 02/01/2009 Male, Alleged militant, AQ, (Mombasa) Usama al Kini was reportedly one of the ‘highest-ranking terrorists’ the US killed or captured during the war on terror. He was a senior militant with al Qaeda in Pakistan though originally from Kenya. He was killed in a US drone strike – the last of George W. Bush’s presidency… UN Security Council, Washington Post, New York Times, The News, The Guardian, BBC, CNN, Dawn, Long War Journal, The Nation, The Bureau, US Treasury, The Bureau, Rewards for Justice, Reuters
Case study Malik Gulistan Khan 23/01/2009 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Ganki Khel, Wana, South Waziristan) Tribal elder Malik Gulistan Khan died alongside four members of his family in the second drone strike of President Obama’s administration. The attack reportedly targeted the wrong house. Khan was a tribal elder and a member of a local pro-government peace committee, family members later told researchers. His 18-year-old son… Center for Civilians in Conflict, Foreign Policy, BBC, Kill or Capture
Case study Ahmed Saeed 12/03/2009 Male, Unknown, Pakistani (Uchat, Lower Kurram Agency) Ahmed Saeed was in his early 20s from Lower Kurram in Pakistan’s tribal region. He was either a student at Peshawar University or a low-level militant when he died. There are scanty details of Saeed’s early years and the Bureau has gathered conflicting accounts of his life when CIA drones… Bureau, Bureau, US Naval Postagraduate School
Case study Abu Sulayman al Jazairi 29/04/2009 Male, Alleged militant, AQ, Algerian Abu Sulaiman al Jazairi was an alleged al Qaeda trainer and explosives expert who was reportedly involved in planning attacks on Europe and the US. He was erroneously reported killed in 2008. In April 2009, reports again suggested he died in a drone strike. Little is known about Jazairi’s early… Long War Journal, The News, New York Times, The News, Bureau strike report (2008 strike), Bureau strike report (2009 strike), The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Long War Journal, Guantanamo files (El Pais)
Case study Baitullah Mehsud 05/08/2009 Male, Alleged militant, Taliban, Pakistani (Kotka Nor Baz Dawood Shah, Bannu, KPK) After a series of attempts, the CIA finally killed Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP), in an August 2009 drone strike. He is among the most senior militants to die in a drone strike. Baitullah Mehsud was born in Bannu as Ubaidullah Mehsud, in either 1970 or… Asia News Agency , UN, UN, New York Times, New Yorker, BBC, Jihadology, CNN, BBC, Guardian, Guardian, Foreign Policy, Daily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph, Time, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, The Economist, Al Jazeera, Reuters, Associated Press, Express Tribune, Times of India
Case study Mautullah Jan 07/09/2009 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Machi Khel) Mautullah Jan had been in a wheelchair for about 10 years. He was the uncle of Sadaullah Wazir, a 15-year-old student who later lodged a legal complaint over the strike. Mataullah, Sadaullah and other male relatives had gathered at the house of Sadaullah’s grandfather to celebrate Iftar, the breaking of… Reprieve, Reprieve (First Incident Report), Der Spiegel
Case study Ismail Khan 08/09/2009 Male, Reported civilian, Haqqani Network, Pakistani (Wanda Shah Madu) Ismail Khan was among the dozens of men killed in an attack on a large group of men who had gathered to resolve a tribal dispute. Relatives of several of the dead – including Ismail’s son Imran Khan – later submitted sworn statements to the High Court in London detailing… The Bureau, The News, Dawn, Living Under Drones, Leigh Day & Co/Reprieve
Case study Najmiddin Kamolitdinovic Jalolov 14/09/2009 Male, Alleged militant, Islamic Jihad Group, Uzbek (Andijan Region) Najmiddin Kamolitdinovic Jalolov was born in Uzbekistan in 1972 and became one of the most senior Central Asian militants based in Pakistan. He was believed to be involved in planning attacks on Germany and Uzbekistan. Jalolov (aliases Yahyo, Ahmed and Nazimuddin Khilalof) joined with other members of the Islamic Movement… UN Security Council, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Geo TV, New York Times, The News, Central Asia Online, Spiegel Online, Spiegel Online, UMass Drone, BBC, National Counterterrorism Center
Case study Saleh al Somali / Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh 08/12/2009 Male, Alleged militant, Al Qaeda, Somali Senior al Qaeda planner Abdirizaq Abdi Saleh – better known as Saleh al Somali – was described by a diplomat as a ‘lynchpin’ of the organisation’s strategy. He played a key part in moving militants from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region to Yemen. Believed to have been born in Somalia, al Somali… CNN, China Daily, Dawn, New York Times, CBS News, CEIFIT, Wall Street Journal, NBC News Pakistan, ABC News, Department of Justice
Case study Zahinullah Khan / Zaheenullah / Zaheen Ullah Khan / Zahin Ullah Khan / Zaenullah Khan 31/12/2009 Child, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Machi Khel) Zahinullah Khan was one of three civilians reportedly killed in an evening attack on a house on December 31 2009. His father, Kareem Khan, later said he had been a quiet and studious boy. He had memorised the Quran and enjoyed football, cricket and hunting partridges. He had studied in… Daily Mail , Reprieve, MullahMilitaryMedia, Reprieve, Transcript of Kareem Khan's meeting with Code Pink, Foreign Affairs
Case study Asif Iqbal 31/12/2009 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Machi Khel) Asif Iqbal was a 35-year-old English teacher from Pakistan’s tribal regions. He was killed by a drone strike that hit the home of his brother, Kareem Khan, in Machi Khel village on December 31 2009 in Machi Khel. His nephew, Zahinullah Khan, and stonemason Khaliq Dad were also killed in… SiaSat.pk , Daily Times, Daily Mail, MullahMilitaryMedia, Reprieve, Foreign Affairs, Huffington Post, BBC, ForUSA transcript of interview with Kareem Khan, Wounds of Waziristan , Dawn, CNN, Reprieve press conference
Case study Khaliq Dad 31/12/2009 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Laki Marwat) Khaliq Dad was among three civilians reportedly killed when a drone attacked the home of Kareem Khan on the last day of 2009, who was in Islamabad at the time of the attack. Khan’s son Zahinullah and his brother, Asif Iqbal, were also killed in the attack. The drone strike… New York Times, Reprieve
Case study Mohammed Haqqani 18/02/2010 Male, Alleged militant, Haqqani Network, (Unknown - Afghanistan or Pakistan) Mohammed Haqqani was one of 12 sons of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the patriarch of the Haqqani Network. He was a younger brother of Sirajuddin or Siraj, the military commander of the Network. Several of the Haqqani brothers have gone on to become prominent members of the armed group – including Badruddin… CNN, Reuters, New York Times, Dawn, Long War Journal, Long War Journal, Xinhua, Stratfor, Guardian, Bureau strike report
Case study Sohrab Khan 14/08/2010 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani Sohrab Khan was among multiple civilians who died in a strike that ‘illustrated the danger to civilians who live close to militants’, Associated Press would later report. Twenty-six-year-old Khan was leading evening prayers for Ramadan at the house of Shera Deen at the time of the drone attack, according to… Associated Press
Case study Bünyamin Erdogan / Binyamin Erdogan / Buenyamin Erdogan / Binyamin E 06/10/2010 Male, Alleged militant, Unknown, German In the summer of 2010, two young German Turks left Velbert, a town in the Rhineland, for Pakistan. Bünyamin Erdogan, 20, travelled with his older brother Emrah, then 23, to train with militants and fight in Afghanistan, according to multiple reports in German papers. Within months Bünyamin was dead –… Die Welt, Stern, Ojihad, Deutsche Welle, Die Spiegel
Case study Mohammed Jabar Ahmed / Abdul Jabbar 06/10/2010 Male, Alleged militant, Islamic Army of Great Britain, British (Sheffield) Mohammed Jabar Ahmed was a British citizen who moved to Pakistan and reportedly became involved in planning to carry out terrorist attacks in Europe as the leader of a group called the Islamic Army of Great Britain. He died in a drone strike in either September or October 2010. The… Bureau drone strike report (September 8 strike), Bureau drone strike report (October 4 strike), The News, Long War Journal, BBC (Newsnight), Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Reuters, Asia Times, HS Today (Raffaello Pantucci analysis), Daily Telegraph, CNN, Press Association, The Sun, UK Court of Appeal judgment, UK Supreme Court judgment , Global Jihad, Guardian, Guardian,
Case study Sanaullah Jan 26/11/2010 Child, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Mursi Khel) A student, Sanaullah Jan was killed with at least two others by a drone strike as they drove in a car from Miranshah to Mir Ali. Jan was a grade 11 student at the Government Degree College Mir Ali, according to a complaint filed at the UN in Geneva about… Al Jazeera (via YouTube), Bureau field investigation, Reprieve
Case study Ibne Amin / Ibn Amin, Ibin Amin 16/12/2010 Male, Alleged militant, Taliban, Pakistani (Kuz Shawar village in Matta Tehsil of Swat district. ) Ibne Amin – described as ‘dreaded and most wanted’ – was a Taliban commander with a multimillion-rupee price on his head. He was famed for his savage executions of those who opposed the Taliban’s authority. He was a senior lieutenant of Maulana Fazlullah, then leader of TTP Swat Chapter, and… Long War Journal, Long War Journal, GeoTV, The News, Dawn, Media Monitor
Case study Malik Daud Khan 17/03/2011 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Datta Khel area) Senior tribal elder Daud Khan was a respected public servant and was responsible for dealing with disputes. He died when the meeting he was chairing was attacked by a drone. His son Noor Khan gave details of Daud Khan’s life in a sworn affidavit to the High Court in London,… Reprieve, Nieman Watchdog, Living Under Drones, The Bureau, The News, Dawn, Daily Mail, Leigh Day & Co/Reprieve
Case study Ismail Khan 17/03/2011 Male, Reported civilian, Haqqani Network, Pakistani (A small village in the Datta Khel area) Ismail Khan was among the dozens of men killed in an attack on a large group of men who had gathered to resolve a tribal dispute. Relatives of several of the dead – including Ismail’s son Imran Khan – later submitted sworn statements to the High Court in London detailing… Bureau, The News, Dawn, Stanford/NYU
Case study Haji Babat 17/03/2011 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Datta Khel area) Government worker Haji Babat was among dozens who died in a drone attack that targeted a tribal meeting in March 2011. Many of the dead were tribal elders. Babat’s son Khalil Khan later submitted a sworn statement to the British High Court, containing details about his father. He was described… Bureau, The News, Bureau, Stanford/NYU
Case study Ilyas Kashmiri 03/06/2011 Male, Alleged militant, Harakat ul Jihad al Islami, Al Qaeda, Pakistani (Bhimber, Samahani Valley, Pakistan-administered Kashmir) Veteran militant Ilyas Kashmiri fought in Afghanistan and Kashmir, and trained militants in North Waziristan. A senior US military intelligence official described him as ‘one of al Qaeda’s most dangerous commanders’, and he was associated with numerous militant groups. While he was reportedly killed in a drone strike in September… UN Security Council, Dawn, Long War Journal, Associated Press, AFP, UN Security Council, The News, Daily Times, Dawn, Associated Press, BBC, Asia Times, Long War Journal, Friday Times, India Today, The Hindu, FBI, US Attorney General's Office, US Treasury
Case study Akram Shah 15/06/2011 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Village of Spulga, 15 km outside of Miranshah) Akram Shah was one of at least five men – all reportedly civilians – killed in a drone strike on a car. Researchers for Stanford Law School/New York University School of Law’s Living Under Drones report later interviewed locals and gathered details about his life. Shah was a married father… Reprieve, Stanford/NYU, Dawn
Case study Zahirullah 05/07/2011 Male, Unknown, AQ When a night-time attack hit a house in Mir Ali, at least four people were killed. These included the house’s owner, Zahirullah. Although he was described in initial reports as a ‘militant’, later investigations reveal a more complex picture. Sources told the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), an… Bureau, Bureau, The News, Center for Research & Security Studies - State in Turmoil report, Dawn, Long War Journal, The Australian, Center for Research & Security Studies, Bureau (strike report)
Case study Saifullah 05/07/2011 Male, Alleged militant, Taliban, Australian A man described as an Australian commander named Saifullah was reportedly killed when missiles struck a house he was staying in. But the Australian government says its own investigation found ‘no information’ on the death of one of its citizen. Little is known of Saifullah’s background or how he came… Bureau, Bureau, Bureau, Long War Journal, Xinhua, KUNA, Asia Times, Pakistan Observer, Bureau (FATA secretariat document)
Case study Abdul Jalil 12/07/2011 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani (North Waziristan) After an attack on the town of Dattakhel, many media reports described at least eight alleged militants had been killed. But local paper The News told a different story: ‘Both official and tribal sources said a local villager driving his personal car came under drone attack.’ The News added: ‘Villagers said… Bureau, The News
Case study Atiyah Abd al Rahman 22/08/2011 Male, Alleged militant, AQ, Libyan (Misrata) Atiyah Abd al Rahman was a senior al Qaeda commander who became the group’s second-in-command. He allegedly maintained close ties to Osama bin Laden and liaised between different groups within the al Qaeda network. He was implicated in planning the 2009 bombing of a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan. Rahman… Yahoo, New York Times, Daily Mail, Deutsche Welle, The News, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Long War Journal, BBC, Counter-terrorism Centre, CNN, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Al Jazeera English, Reuters, Bureau, Financial Times, Daily Express, The Hindu/DPA, The Jamestown Foundation, NPR
Case study Saeedur Rahman 30/10/2011 Male, Reported civilian, Pakistani Saeedur Rehman was a dealer in chromite, a local mineral, from the Utmanzai Wazir tribe. He was killed alongside three others when their car was attacked by a drone as they drove to a local chromite mine. Initial reports citing anonymous ‘officials’ said the dead were all Taliban. But they were later… The News, US Naval Post Graduate School fact sheet (PDF), Combating Terrorism Center , New York Times, AFP, Al Jazeera
Case study Khastar Gul 30/10/2011 Male, Reported civilian Khastar Gul was one of four Utmanzai Wazir tribesmen killed in a drone strike as they drove to a local chromite mine. Initial reports citing anonymous ‘officials’ said the dead were all Taliban. But they were later identified as chromite miners. Saeedur Rehman, a chromite dealer, was identified first by Pakistani newspaper… New York Times, US Naval Post Graduate School fact sheet (pdf), The News, Combating Terrorism Center, AFP, Al Jazeera
Case study Mamrud Khan 30/10/2011 Male, Reported civilian Mamrud Khan was among four Utmanzai Wazir tribesmen killed as they drove to a local chromite mine. Initial reports citing anonymous ‘officials’ said the dead were all Taliban. But they were later identified as chromite miners. Saeedur Rehman, a chromite dealer, was identified first by Pakistani newspaper The News. And Khastar Gul,… New York Times, US Naval Post Graduate School fact sheet (pdf), The News, Combating Terrorism Center, AFP, Al Jazeera
Case study Noorzal Khan 30/10/2011 Male, Reported civilian Noorzal Khan was among four Utmanzai Wazir tribesmen who were killed as they drove to a local chromite mine. Initial reports citing anonymous ‘officials’ said the dead were all Taliban. But they were later identified as chromite miners. Saeedur Rehman, a chromite dealer, was identified first by Pakistani newspaper The News. The New… NYT, US Naval Post Graduate School fact sheet (pdf), The News, Combating Terrorism Center, AFP, Al Jazeera English
Case study Tariq Aziz 31/10/2011 Child, Reported civilian, Pakistani (Mir Ali) Tariq Aziz was a 16-year-old from North Waziristan, who attended a high-profile anti-drone rally in Islamabad in October 2011. Days after his return home, he was killed in a drone strike with his cousin and up to two others. Aziz was the youngest of seven children. His father Mumtaz Khan… PTI, BBC, ABC, The Nation, Bureau
Case study Jude Kenan Mohammad 17/11/2011 Male, Alleged militant, Unknown, US Citizen (Raleigh, North Carolina) Jude Kenan Mohammad is the only US citizen known to have been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan. His death was confirmed in May 2013 when US Attorney General Eric Holder included him among four US citizens who had been killed in drone strikes under President Obama. The other… US Attorney-General letter to Congress, New York Times, New York Times, WRAL, Associated Press, BBC, Dawn, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, FBI, Democracy Now, Washington Times, Washington Times, Brookings Institute, Mother Jones, US Indictment, CBS, The Daily Dispatch, The Guardian
Case study Mohammed Azmir Khan 17/11/2011 Male, Alleged militant, Unclear, British (Sheffield) Mohammed Azmir Khan was a British citizen killed in a drone strike between August and November 2011. His brother, Abdul Jabbar, was reportedly killed in a drone strike the previous year. Khan was born in Sheffield and his family later moved to Ilford, east London. He was the middle of… Channel 4 News, The Independent, Telegraph, BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, The Times, CNN, Jamestown Foundation, Court of Appeal judgment, Supreme Court judgment
Case study Aslam Awan 10/01/2012 Male, Alleged militant, AQ, Pakistani (Abbottabad) Aslam Awan (AKA Abdullah Khorasani) was a Pakistani national and alleged ‘senior external operations planner’ for al Qaeda. He was killed in a drone strike on 10 January 2012. Awan was reportedly 27 or 29 years old and came from Abbottabad, north-east Pakistan. He studied at the University of Manchester… Reuters, New York Times, The Scotsman, Express Tribune, Manchester Evening News, Telegraph, Asia Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail
Case study Ibrahim Adam 10/01/2012 Male, Alleged militant, Unclear, British (Barkingside, East London) Ibrahim Adam was raised in east London in an Algerian family. He broke a control order in 2007 and fled the country, ending up in Pakistan. Four years later he was killed, reportedly alongside three other Britons. Born in the late 1980s, Adam attended the Seven Kings High School in… Channel 4, The Independent, Sky News, Social Cohesion report on control orders, BBC, The Sun, British High Court judgment, Global Jihad, BBC, BBC, Daily Telegraph, Combating Terrorism Center
Case study Amir Hamza Toji Khel 09/03/2012 Male, Alleged militant, Taliban Until his death in 2012, Amir Hamza Toji Khel was an important commander in the so-called ‘good’ Taliban of Maulvi Nazir. The ‘good’ Taliban focuses on attacking US and Nato forces fighting in Afghanistan, rather than attacking targets in Pakistan like the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). Maulvi Nazir led a major… Dawn, Associated Press, Express Tribune, Press Trust India, AFP
Case study Osama Haqqani 21/08/2012 Child, Reported civilian Osama Haqqani is reported to have been a ‘distant’ relative of Badruddin Haqqani, a senior operative in the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) allied Haqqani Network. Osama died on August 21 2013 when a suspected US drone strike hit a house and a vehicle in Shnakhura, Datta Khel, North Waziristan, killing at… Reuters, Reuters, Express Tribune, Dawn
Case study Emeti Yakuf 24/08/2012 Male, Alleged militant, Turkistan Islamic Party, Chinese Emeti Yakuf rose to prominence in the Chinese militant group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). He was reportedly its third leader and for five years believed to be the second to be killed by US drones. ETIM was sheltering in Pakistan’s tribal belt while planning attacks on the Chinese… Dawn, Bureau, Pakistan Today , New York Times, Xinhua, China Daily, The Jamestown Foundation, The Jamestown Foundation, Asia Times, Liveleaks
Case study Tuersun Toheti 24/08/2012 Male, Alleged militant, Turkistan Islamic Party, Chinese Tuersun Toheti was a Chinese national and alleged ‘key militant’ with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM). He was killed in a drone strike in the tribal area of Pakistan on 24 August 2012. Toheti was born in 1975 in the Xinjiang region of China, near to the Afghanistan-Pakistan borders.… Bureau, Pakistan Today , Xinhua, CBC, The ETIM: China's Islamic Militants and the Global Terrorist Threat, China Daily, Associated Press
Case study Bibi Mamana 24/10/2012 Female, Reported civilian, Pakistani Little is known of Bibi Mamana’s life except that she was in her 60s, a grandmother, the wife of the retired headmaster of the Government High School in Miranshah, and a midwife who ‘delivered hundreds of babies‘ in her community. However the events immediately around her death have been well… The News, The News, Express Tribune, The Times, BBC Panorama , Guardian, Guardian, Amnesty International, Al Jazeera, ABC
Case study Wali ur Rehman 29/05/2013 Male, Alleged militant, Taliban, Pakistani (South Waziristan) Former teacher Wali Ur Rehman joined the Taliban in 2004 and rose to prominence in the organisation. He was known for his strategic skill and conciliatory manner. He died nine years later as the deputy leader of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP). Rehman was born into a middle-class family in South Waziristan… Foreign Policy, BBC, The Guardian, FBI, Washington Post, BBC, New York Times, The Nation, The Nation, Financial Times, Reuters, CNN, Daily Telegraph, Business Recorder, Combatting Terrorism Center, The News International, Express Tribune, Dawn, Associated Press, Al Jazeera, BBC, The Independent, The Independent, Washington Post, Frontier Post (Facebook), Reuters, BBC, The Independent
Case study Mullah Sangeen Zadran 06/09/2013 Male, Alleged militant, Haqqani Network, Afghan (Tang Stor Khel, Ziruk District, Paktika Province) Sangeen Zadran was a senior Afghan militant and a commander of the Haqqani Network who was killed in a US drone strike on a house in Darga Mandi village, North Waziristan, September 6, 2013. According to the UN, Zadran was born in 1976 or 1979 in the village of Tang… Wall Street Journal, AFP, Reuters, State Department, UN, Express Tribune, Times of India, New York Times, Xinhua, Washington Post, ABC, CBS, UN Security Council, CNN, Newsweek Pakistan, Afghan Biographies, Islam Times, Long War Journal, All Voices, The Daily Telegraph, As Sahab, LA Times
Case study Hakimullah Mehsud 01/11/2013 Male, Alleged militant, Pakistani (Kotkai, South Waziristan) Hakimullah Mehsud was the leader of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) for four years until he was killed in a US drone strike in November 2013. A member of the Eshangai branch of Pakistan’s powerful Mehsud tribe, he was born Jamshed Mehsud in the village of Kotkai, South Waziristan tribal agency,… Jihadology, Daily Telegraph, Reuters, Reuters, Reuters, Conflict Monitoring Center, Associated Press, RTE, Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera English, New York Times, Daily Telegraph, AFP, Combating Terrorism Center, Time, Bureau of Investigative Journalism, The News, Guardian, Guardian, BBC, Guardian, Rewards For Justice, UN, The News
Case study Maulvi Ahmed Jan 21/11/2013 Male, Alleged militant, Haqqani Network, Afghan (Barlach, Qareh Bagh District, Ghazni Province) Ahmed Jan Wazir was a key commander of the Haqqani Network, a militant group aligned with the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), and had served as its liaison with the Taliban Supreme Council. He was killed in a suspected US drone strike in Hangu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, on November 21 2013.… Reuters, Express Tribune, BBC, Daily Beast, UN, UN, Conflict Monitoring Centre, Long War Journal, US Treasury, Express Tribune, Daily Telegraph, The News, PTI, European Union, Reuters, Long War Journal, AFP
