Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Drone, Fact Finding, ISAF, NATO/Allies, Pakistan, South Asia, tagged Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, drone attacks, Pakistan, us on March 24, 2011 |
Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Government, Pakistan, South Asia, United Nations, tagged Civilian Casualties, drone attacks, Pakistan on November 2, 2009 |
(AFP) – 28 October 2009
UNITED NATIONS — US drone strikes against suspected terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan could be breaking international laws against summary executions, the UN’s top investigator of such crimes said. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Insurgents, Military, Region, Tactics, Terrorists, Type of Harm, United States, tagged Afghanistan, airstrikes, Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, CIA, CIA jails, Civilian Casualties, drone aircraft, drone attacks, Leon E. Panetta, Michael V. Hayden, rendition centers, us on July 14, 2009 |
By MARK MAZZETTI and SCOTT SHANE Published: July 13, 2009
WASHINGTON — Since 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency has developed plans to dispatch small teams overseas to kill senior Qaeda terrorists, according to current and former government officials. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Displacement, Government, Insurgents, Military, Pakistan, Police, Region, Tactics, Taliban, Type of Harm, tagged Afghanistan, aid, Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, drone attacks, IDPs, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, militants, Pakistan, Police, South Waziristan, Swat Valley, Taliban, us on July 9, 2009 |
By Paul Tighe and Khalid Qayum
July 8 (Bloomberg) — Pakistan said it is recruiting former soldiers to the police force in the Swat Valley to improve security now the army has cleared 90 percent of the northwestern region of Taliban militants. (more…)
