The report, which was released on Friday, claimed that US drones killed only 64 to 116 civilians in 473 strikes launched between January 20, 2009 and December 31, 2015 in areas outside active hostilities which include Pakistan, Yemen, Libya and Somalia. The report added that drone strikes also killed 2,372 to 2,581 combatants during the said period. In accordance with the White House, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) has released a report declaring the number of combatant and non-combatant deaths resulting from US-led strikes against terrorist targets outside areas of active hostilities. In an effort to lower civilian deaths in Afghanistan, international airstrikes on buildings and urban locations were mostly banned from 2008. 'Areas of active hostilities' currently include Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.

Source: dna July 02, 2016 15:22 UTC