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[Title], was born in [year of birth], in [village/town if available], [province]. [Title] was a/an [profession] and belonged to the [etnicity] community. [Title] was killed on [date of incident] in [place of incident], [province of incident].

Addtional information

  • Education

    Unknown

  • Marital Status

    Married

  • Province of birth

    Shindand

  • Village of birth

    Azizabad

  • Perpetrator Regime

  • Conflict Parties

  • Type of incident

  • 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

BBC Image source: Facebook

Afghan War Casualty Report: June 28-July 4, Fahim Abed, New York Times,

Alleged type of harm

11

  • Human costs: Killed

Alleged type of crimes

11

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

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Incident geolocation

  • Province

    Herat: Shindand

  • Latitude

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  • Longitude

    Longitude numbers

Witness/Survivor Statement