Human Rights

Drone Warfare

Between 2010 and 2020 the Bureau tracked US drone strikes and other covert actions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia. The comprehensive reporting on civilian deaths helped lead to greater official transparency on targeted killing, and provided the data needed to hold the White House to account.

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Latest from the Investigation

04.09.20

Shadow Wars

Eleven airstrikes. 117 people dead. More than 70 children killed.

A five-month collaborative OSINT investigation reveals the devastating reality of the US air war in Afghanistan

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03.06.20

Shadow Wars

The families paying the price for the war in Afghanistan

There is a deeply worrying lack of transparency around civilian casualties in Afghanistan almost 20 years after US operations began

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03.06.20

Shadow Wars

Finding the faces of Afghanistan's slaughtered civilians

The Bureau and Bellingcat spent two months uncovering mounds of evidence from a list of 21 strikes believed to have killed civilians

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29.10.19

Shadow Wars

Almost 40 strikes every day in Afghanistan last month

The air war in Afghanistan is intensifying following the failure of the US-Taliban peace negotiations

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