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Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike

Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
Haska Meyna is located in Afghanistan
Haska Meyna
Haska Meyna
Haska Meyna (Afghanistan)
Date6 July 2008
Location
Haska Meyna, Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Result 47 civilians killed, including 39 women and children and 8 teenagers; another nine wounded

The Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike was an attack by United States military forces on 6 July 2008, in which 47 Afghans were killed. The targeted group was escorting a bride to a wedding ceremony in the groom's village in Haska Meyna District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

The United States government denied that civilians were killed in the incident. An investigation by the Afghan government disagreed and determined that 47 civilians, including the bride, had been killed.[1][2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Shah, Amir (11 July 2008). "47 Afghan civilians killed by US bombs, group says". FOX News. Associated Press. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ "47 air strike kills 47 Afghan civilians". Bangladesh News. 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  3. ^ "US-led strikes kills 64 Afghan civilians". Agence France-Presse. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ Sturcke, James; agencies (11 July 2008). "US air strike wiped out Afghan wedding party, inquiry finds". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  5. ^ Garlasco, Marc E. (2008). "Troops in contact": airstrikes and civilian deaths in Afghanistan. New York: Human Rights Watch. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-56432-362-0.

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