Analysis

Drone strikes

= Drone strike (Red for Bush-era strike, blue for Obama-era strike; Size of circle relative to the average estimate of those killed.)

The Drone War in Pakistan

The purpose of this database is to provide as much information as possible about the covert U.S. drone program in Pakistan in the absence of any such transparency on the part of the American government. This data was collected from credible news reports and is presented here with the relevant sources.

Drone Strike Totals

355
total strikes
2010 - 3336
total killed
258 - 307
civilians killed
1556 - 2699
militants killed
196 - 330
unknown killed

All Strikes

Date Location Total killed Militants killed Civilians killed Unknown killed Target organization
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Sararogha in South Waziristan Between 5 and 5 total killed Between 5 and 5 militants killed. Taliban
Sunday, April 14, 2013 Manzar Khel, Datta Khel in North Waziristan Between 4 and 4 total killed Between 4 and 4 militants killed. Unclear
Friday, March 22, 2013 Datta Khel in North Waziristan Between 4 and 4 total killed Between 4 and 4 militants killed. Unclear
Sunday, March 10, 2013 Muhammad Khel in North Waziristan Between 2 and 2 total killed Between 2 and 2 militants killed. Unclear
Friday, February 8, 2013 Babar Ghar in South Waziristan Between 7 and 9 total killed Between 7 and 9 militants killed. Al-Qaeda, Taliban
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 Spin Wam in North Waziristan Between 3 and 5 total killed Between 5 and 3 civilians killed. Unclear
Thursday, January 10, 2013 Heso Khel in North Waziristan Between 4 and 5 total killed Between 4 and 5 militants killed. Unclear
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 Mir Ali in North Waziristan Between 5 and 5 total killed Between 5 and 5 militants killed. Unclear
Tuesday, January 8, 2013 Essokhel in North Waziristan Between 3 and 3 total killed Between 3 and 3 militants killed. Unclear
Sunday, January 6, 2013 Babar Ghar in South Waziristan Between 12 and 17 total killed Between 12 and 17 militants killed. Taliban
Thursday, January 3, 2013 Between Miran Shah and Mir Ali in North Waziristan Between 4 and 5 total killed Between 4 and 5 militants killed. Taliban
Wednesday, January 2, 2013 Angoor Adda in South Waziristan Between 9 and 9 total killed Between 9 and 9 militants killed. Maulvi Nazir
Friday, December 28, 2012 Gurbuz in North Waziristan Between 4 and 10 total killed Between 0 and 5 militants killed. Between 4 and 5 unknown killed. Unclear
Friday, December 21, 2012 Hisukhel in North Waziristan Between 3 and 4 total killed Between 3 and 4 militants killed. Between 0 and 0 civilians killed. Between 0 and 0 unknown killed. Unclear
Thursday, December 6, 2012 Mubarak Shahi in North Waziristan Between 2 and 3 total killed Between 1 and 2 militants killed. Between 1 and 1 civilians killed. Between 0 and 0 unknown killed. Al-Qaeda
Saturday, December 1, 2012 Sheen Warsak in South Waziristan Between 3 and 4 total killed Between 3 and 4 militants killed. Al-Qaeda
Thursday, November 29, 2012 Sheen Warsak in South Waziristan Between 0 and 7 total killed Between 0 and 4 militants killed. Between 0 and 3 unknown killed. Al-Qaeda
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Tappi in North Waziristan Between 1 and 5 total killed Between 0 and 4 militants killed. Between 1 and 1 civilians killed. Unclear
Thursday, October 11, 2012 Bulandkhel in Orakzai Between 16 and 26 total killed Between 16 and 26 militants killed. Taliban
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 Hurmuz, east of Miranshah in North Waziristan Between 5 and 5 total killed Between 5 and 5 militants killed. Unclear