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Babu Abdur Rahman

is a victim/survivor of a/an

  • Air Strikes
  • Explosion
  • Heavy Weapon Attack
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Additional information

  • Date of birth:

    Unknown

  • Village/Town of birth:

    Unknown

  • Province of birth:

    Herat: Shindand

  • Gender:

    Male

  • Ethnicity:

    Pashtun

  • Education:

    Unknown

  • Date of the main incident:

    August 22, 2008

  • Place of the main incident:

    Azizabad

  • Related incident:

Incident description

On August 22, 2008, the United States Air Force conducted an airstrike on Azizabad village in Shindand district, Herat Province. The attack resulted in the deaths of ninety-two civilians, including sixty children and fifteen women. Numerous structures in the village, including homes, were damaged or destroyed. American officials stated that the airstrike was conducted after Afghan soldiers were ambushed while pursuing a Taliban commander named Mullah Siddiq, claiming that Taliban attackers fled to Azizabad.

Source

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Alleged type of harm

  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

  • War crime: Attacking civilian objects
  • War crime: Attacking civilians
  • War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage

Babu Abdur Rahman

Incident geolocation

  • Province:

    Herat: Shindand

  • Latitude:

    33.3076937798311

  • Longitude:

    62.1365497076623

Latitude: 33.3076937798311

Longitude: 62.1365497076623

Witness/Survivor Statement

No statement