Following an apparent power vacuum as a result of the stepping down of former president Pervez Musharraf earlier in the month, U.S. missile-strikes had increased, culminating in the Baghar Cheena airstrike on 17 September.
Setelah kekosongan kekuasaan yang jelas tampak setelah turunnya bekas presiden Pervez Musharraf sebelumnya bulan September 2008, serangan-serangan misil AS telah meningkat, dan berpuncak dalam serangan udara Baghar Cheena pada 17 September.