Infographic: A look at U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul
Peshawar
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
PAKISTAN
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Kabul
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
The CIA has carried out more than 400 drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal areas since 2004, according to data gathered by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, a British nonprofit. In the last decade, the drones have killed at least 2,400 people in the region. At least 400 of those reported killed were civilians, 172 of them children.
2004
Drone strikes
1
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2005
3
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2006
2
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2007
5
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2008
38
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2009
54
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2010
128
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2011
75
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2012
50
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2013
27
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2014
25
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
2015
7
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
As of April 23, 2015
Total deaths
(minimum) count
2015
2004
Civilian deaths
(minimum) count
2015
2004
2005
2006
Drone strikes
2004
3
2
1
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
2007
2008
2009
5
38
54
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
2010
2011
2012
75
128
50
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
2013
2014
2015
27
25
7
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
PAKISTAN
As of April 23, 2015
Total deaths
Civilian deaths
(minimum) count
(minimum) count
2004
2015
2004
2015
Source: Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Mapbox, OpenStreetMap, L.A. Times reporting
Additional credits: Lorena Iñiguez Elebee
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