As drone strikes play an important role in new warfare, there should put some limitation as in every successful drone strike on terrorists, innocent people are also killed. Some notable drone strikes in Pakistan are the Damadola, the Datta Khel, the 2009 Makin and Miramshah airstrikes. David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum wrote in The New York Times that drone strikes “have killed about 14 terrorist leaders”. Critics also fear that by making killing seem clean and safe, so-called surgical drone strikes will allow the USA to remain in a perpetual state of war. As drone strikes play an important role in new warfare, there should put some limitation as in every successful drone strike on terrorists, innocent people are also killed.

Source: Pakistan Today October 21, 2020 15:22 UTC