Azizabad Civilian Airstrike - Herat (2008)
Document- Date
- ۱ شهریور ۱۳۸۷
- Year of Incident
- 2015
- Province of incident
- Herat: Shindand
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 33.3076937798311
Longitude: 62.1365497076623
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Shindand
- Town Village
- Azizabad village, Shindand district, Herat Province
- Types of Incident
- Air Strikes
- Explosion
- Heavy Weapon attack
- Conflict Parties
- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF)
- International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF)
- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRA)
- Taliban
- Taliban Militants
- US forces
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- War crime: Attacking civilian objects
- War crime: Attacking civilians
- War crime: Excessive incidental death, injury, or damage
- Unknown: Causing serious bodily or mental harm
- Unknown: Killing
- Perpetrators
- Republic of Afghanistan
- Summary
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.
- Sources
- Source_2
- No of victims involved
- 100
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