U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan

Drone strikes in Pakistan
Part of the War in North-West Pakistan, the War in Afghanistan and the War on Terror
Date 18 June 2004 – present (13 years, 11 months and 4 days) Location Federal Tribal Areas, Pakistan Status CIA drone strikes were limited, but are still continuing 67 high-level insurgent leaders and thousands of low-level insurgents killed Destruction of numerous insurgent camps and safe havens 5 drone strikes in 2017
Belligerents
United States  USAF CIA Supported by:  United Kingdom	Taliban Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan TNSM Haqqani network al-Qaeda Lashkar-e-Islam Foreign Mujahideen Uzbek Islamic Movement Turkistan Islamic Party Islamic State affiliates
Strength
~30 UAVs	Unknown
Casualties and losses
9 (U.S. intelligence agents, incl. CIA officers)	~2,000–3,000+ militants killed
Civilian deaths: 158-965 Long War Journal: 158 civilians killed New America Foundation: 255–315 civilians killed Bureau of Investigative Journalism: 423–965 civilians killed

 United States

Civilian deaths: 158-965

Long War Journal:
158 civilians killed
New America Foundation:
255–315 civilians killed

Since 2004, the United States government has attacked thousands of targets in Northwest Pakistan using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) operated by the United States Air Force under the operational control of the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division. Most of these attacks are on targets in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghan border in Northwest Pakistan.

These strikes began during the administration of United States President George W. Bush, and increased substantially under his successor Barack Obama. Some in the media have referred to the attacks as a "drone war". The George W. Bush administration officially denied the extent of its policy; in May 2013, the Obama administration acknowledged for the first time that four US citizens had been killed in the strikes.

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