location: Khadezai
notes: On October 11, for the first time since 2009, a US drone strike struck Orakzai province, in a place called Khadezai in Lower Orakzai close to the N.Waziristan border. It was one of the deadliest strikes in 2012, with at least 16 people dying, mostly militants but possibly 2 civilians as well. The strike mostly killed militants connected to the Haqqani Network, although militants from Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group were also killed
target_text: location: Khadezai, fatalities: 16