Annual Security Report 2013-2018 – Drone Attacks

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US forces in Afghanistan carried out 76 Drone attacks against the militants in Pakistan leaving 473 dead. The majority of these strikes were carried out in FATA with nine in KP and two in Balochistan. Percentage wise, there has been a 92% drop in fatalities from 2013 (169), to 2018 (13).

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Like counter-terror security operations, the highest victims of drone attacks were the militants whose identities remained unavailable (199). Among the known victims of drone attacks, TTP (and its many splinter groups) was at the top (176), followed by the Haqqani Network (47), and AQ (22).

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