| Baghar China airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part ofInsurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
 TheMQ-9 Reaper began operation in Afghanistan in Oct. 2007 | |
| Type | UAV attack |
| Location | South Waziristan, Pakistan. |
| Target | Taliban fighters |
| Date | 17 September 2008 (2008-09-17) |
| Executed by | United States |
| Casualties | 5 killed 6 injured |
TheBaghar China UAV strike (Pashto:د بغر چينې هوايي بريد) happened in the evening on 17 September 2008, when four missiles fired from aUnited States Air Forcedrone aircraft hit the village of Baghar China in the mountains ofSouth Waziristan, in theFederally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) ofPakistan, about 4 kilometres from theAfghan border and 55 kilometres west ofWana, the main town in the region and close toAngur Ada, the village that wasraided by US commandos on 3 September. The missiles hit a militant training camp, killing five and injuring at least six people.[1][2]
This was the sixth confirmed U.S. missile attack inside Pakistan since the end of August 2008, and comes two days after aPakistan–U.S. standoff on 15 September 2008, in which Pakistani forces fired shots into the air, in order to deter U.S. forces from entering Pakistani territory. The incident came as the top US military commander, AdmiralMichael Mullen met Pakistan's most senior army officer, GeneralAshfaq Kayani and prime-ministerYousuf Raza Gilani inIslamabad to discuss growing tension over US attacks along the border.