Drone strikes in Pakistan
Stories related to drone strikes in Pakistan.
Covert Drone War
Tracking US drone strikes and other covert actions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. Find details of the latest strikes with the full data here. The Bureau does not track Coalition strikes in Iraq and Syria - this work is done by Airwars.
Areas of investigation
Drone strikes in Yemen
Drone strikes and covert operations in Yemen.
Drone Warfare
The evolving international use of armed drones.
Get the data: Drone wars
The Bureau’s complete data sets on drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
US covert actions in Somalia
Stories related to drone strikes in Somalia.
US strikes in Afghanistan
Drone and air strikes in Afghanistan.
Latest from this investigation
US Air Force has carried out two strikes a day against Taliban since June
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.
Infographic: The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan
CIA drone strikes from 2004 to then the end of 2015 in Pakistan is mapped on a new infographic.
Comment: Official estimates show civilians more likely to be killed by CIA drones than by US Air Force actions. The reality is likely far worse
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
Obama drone casualty numbers a fraction of those recorded by the Bureau
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
US drones hit Taliban more than terrorist networks despite end of Afghan war
Most US airstrikes in Afghanistan this year in support of ground troops not targeting suspected terrorists.
US airstrike on al Qaeda training camp ‘kills 50’ – biggest Pentagon attack in Yemen for five years
US jets kill at least 40 AQAP fighters in eastern Yemen.
See Get the data: Drone wars for up to date figures on drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.
For information on how we compiled the data, see the methodology.
Who is dying in Pakistan drone strikes? See the Bureau’s Naming the Dead project.
