Damadola airstrike
| Damadola airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Location | Damadola, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan |
| Date | 13 January 2006 |
Attack type | Drone strike |
| Deaths | 18–25 |
| Perpetrator | Central Intelligence Agency |
On 13 January 2006 the Central Intelligence Agency fired missiles into the Pakistani village of Damadola (Urdu: ڈمہ ڈولا) in the Bajaur (Urdu: باجوڑ ) tribal area, near the Afghan border, in an apparent anti-al-Qaeda operation, killing at least 18 people. United States officials later admitted that no al-Qaeda leaders perished in the strike and that only local villagers were killed. The attack purportedly targeted Ayman al-Zawahiri, second-in-command of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden, who was thought to be in the village.