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" LEGITIMACY OF DRONE ATTACKS:     LEGITIMACY OF DRONE ATTACKS: WHEN MAY ONE STATE LAWFULLY ATTACK THE CITIZENS OF ANOTHER STATE? By M. Anum Saleem1 and Ayesha Tahir2   The legal status and validity of humanitarian intervention and actions of self defense create a great challenge for the global world. "The use of force by and against States remains a persistent Feature of international affairs. NATO forces based in Afghanistan target Taliban fighters based in Pakistan, while Turkish jets strike Kurdish separatists in Iraq, Columbian soldiers attack armed groups in Ecuador, Israeli commandos enter Gaza in their ongoing conflict with Hamas, and various naval powers retaliate against pirates docked in Somalia" (Robinson and Hague)3. The after math of 9/11 attacks has been the immense operations carried out by United Sates and NATO against terrorist groups in middle east, Afghanistan and Pakistan and one of the inhumane targeted operation used by United States is of Drone attacks targeted on the Northern Waziristan in Pakistan to target Terrorism groups operating in Pakistan. These attacks are carried out and justified by United States under self defense doctrine. "Since World War II, international law has prohibited States from threatening or using force except in self-defense or pursuant to Security Council authorization".4 The legality of using force against armed groups on the territory of another State is of pressing concern to the. United States. United States reasons for attacking the territorial integrity of Pakistan can be because justified on self defense but whether International law provides United States with such basis is an ongoing debate.   International law justifies armed attacks on another State under certain…