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same day, over 20 people (including 9 children) died when the tractor trailer used by several families to flee Tarin Kut was bombed (similar to an event on
October 24); a stray bomb in the Parod Gajadad district of Khair Khana destroyed two homes; in another district of Khair Khana, 18 people were killed when 17 homes were destroyed by a bomb that missed a military base by 1/2 mile (800 m); 5 people from Kabul's Kaluezaman Khan neighborhood were killed; an 8-year-old girl was killed in Macroyan, Kabul; 11 people were killed in Tarin Kut; and 3 were killed in Kandahar city. The following day, the casualty rate didn't fall much, with the coalition stepping up the targeting of fuel trucks and the accidental bombing of homes and shops in several cities, killing well over 100 people.
37:) twice β once during prayer, and again when rescue workers returned to remove the wounded and the dead. Initial casualty estimates ranged from 15-70 in the first attack, and up to 120 in the second. This two-hit bombing was repeated later on November 19, when 32 people were killed in Shamshad and then the rescuers were hit again. Several other mosques were bombed later, such as the Kunduz mosque on October 12 and the particularly deadly bombing of the Kala Shah Pir village mosque on October 23. On the same day, the villages of Darunta, Torghar, and Farmada were bombed, killing between 28 and 100 people.
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Chperagem village suffered 28. About 20 people were killed in the Agam district, while 15 people died in refugee vehicles in Arghisan, and over 30 people died in the Jada area near Herat. It proved to be another particularly lethal day in the conflict for civilians. The subsequent days were little improved. About 150 civilians died across the country on December 2 in a variety of villages. In the same week, over 300 villagers in the white mountains near
67:, U.S. officials continued to claim that the town was a "fully legitimate target" and that "the people there are dead because we wanted them dead." This was the last major case of civilian casualties for the next few weeks, as incidents dropped to an average of four per day and an average of about 8 casualties per said attack. The most lethal attack between the 23rd and November 4, 2001 was an attack on residential areas in Kabul on October 29 that took 25 lives.
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intersection destroyed a bazaar and killed between 10 and 47 additional people. This began a relatively deadly few days, where 40 people were killed in the Kabul area on the 18th, several dozen people were killed in Tarin Kot on the 19th, and 60-70 were killed in Herat and 50 killed in
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bomber and two helicopters swooped on Qalaye Niazi near Gardez, killing over 100 people. The area was littered with craters; one person (Janat Gul) recounted how all other 24 members of her family were killed. Body parts were reported scattered throughout the streets; the United
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Nuristan province, Afghanistan, six people of the same family were killed when a house was bombarded by U.S. warplanes. The house belonged to a former provincial governor, Ghulam Rabbani, who was in Kabul at the
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first place to be struck was Mashikhel in Paktia, in what inaccurate intelligence had said was a Taliban base. The city's mosque (Saqawa) was hit, killing 10 and injuring 12. The bombing then moved to Mashkhel, killing another 16 civilians. On December 20, 2001, U.S.
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663:"The Massacre at Aranas on the Waygal River, Nuristan Province"
480:"Afghanistan: U.S. Military Should Investigate Civilian Deaths"
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fighters ripped through three dried mud homes in southern
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784:"US military reprisal in Afghanistan kills 17 civilians"
618:"17 Afghan villagers 'killed in American bombing raids'"
940:"NATO Bombs Kill Scores of Afghan Civilians: Officials"
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January 14, 2006 β Several missiles were fired from a
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186:when a U.S. bomber and gunship attacked the area.
725:Published: January 20, 2004 (January 20, 2004).
501:Rory Carroll in Qalaye Niazi (January 7, 2002).
988:"Afghan accidentally killed by Canadian troops"
918:"Probe clears Canadians in Afghan police death"
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591:"U.N. revises Afghan wedding attack report"
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1932:Kabul Canadian Embassy convoy bombing
1708:Forward Operating Base Delhi massacre
573:"Pentagon team to examine bomb error"
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132:that all of the dead were civilians.
2462:UK Afghan Unlawful Killings inquiry
765:United States Department of Defense
685:"US denies Afghan civilians killed"
616:Rory McCarthy (February 13, 2003).
438:"More Afghan children die in raids"
149:hostile gunfire. A B-52 bomber and
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1766:Jalalabad Indian consulate bombing
806:"'Zawahiri' strike sparks protest"
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966:"UK troops kill Afghan civilians"
872:Star, Windsor (August 24, 2006).
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503:"Bloody evidence of US blunder"
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374:"UN workers killed by bombing"
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1789:Herat Indian consulate attack
968:. BBC News. November 16, 2006
687:. BBC News. November 17, 2003
440:. BBC News. December 10, 2003
2568:International public opinion
1889:Kabul Spanish Embassy attack
1509:Kabul Indian embassy bombing
1446:Kabul Indian embassy bombing
898:. Canada.com. March 31, 2011
808:. BBC News. January 14, 2006
708:. Retrieved July 16, 2006.
2467:Australian Brereton Inquiry
2133:September Jalalabad bombing
1761:Herat U.S. consulate attack
1718:September Camp Bastion raid
1413:South Korean hostage crisis
770:September 29, 2007, at the
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1756:Presidential palace attack
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1098:Withdrawal of U.S. troops
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2211:Jalalabad suicide bombing
2161:2019 Kabul mosque bombing
2060:28 December Kabul bombing
1456:Kidnapping of David Rohde
1094:Drone strikes in Pakistan
1884:Kandahar Airport bombing
1114:Resolute Support Mission
830:. Cbc.ca. March 15, 2006
786:. Wsws.org. July 8, 2005
527:. BBC News. July 2, 2002
2538:People's Peace Movement
2375:Operation Allies Refuge
2291:Kabul University attack
2191:17 August Kabul bombing
2108:30 April Kabul bombings
2088:Kabul ambulance bombing
2040:June Lashkargar bombing
1972:Battle of Boz Qandahari
1957:September Kabul attacks
1862:22 August Kabul bombing
1857:10 August Kabul bombing
1847:April Jalalabad bombing
1837:Kabul Parliament attack
1809:December Kabul bombings
1660:Pakistani border attack
712:March 13, 2007, at the
2528:Enlightenment Movement
2395:August 29 drone strike
2239:6 March Kabul shooting
2186:7 August Kabul bombing
2118:July Jalalabad bombing
2103:22 April Kabul bombing
2098:Kunduz madrassa attack
2078:I-C Hotel Kabul attack
1852:7 August Kabul attacks
1698:Quran burning protests
1635:I-C Hotel Kabul attack
1286:Battle of Shawali Kowt
1281:Dasht-i-Leili massacre
1276:Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
1246:Fall of Mazar-i-Sharif
2424:Republican insurgency
2385:Operation Devi Shakti
2358:Kunduz mosque bombing
2244:Kabul gurdwara attack
2201:17 September bombings
2176:28 July Kabul bombing
1620:Sarposa prison escape
1557:February Kabul attack
1431:Haska Meyna airstrike
2583:To the fall of Kabul
2519:Afghan peace groups
2515:Afghan peace process
2434:Afghan frozen assets
2390:Kabul airport attack
2341:Battle of Lashkargah
2326:Kabul school bombing
2156:Camp Shorabak attack
2083:STC Jalalabad attack
1867:Ghazni prison escape
1784:Kabul S Hotel attack
1547:January Kabul attack
1504:February Kabul raids
1451:Kabul S Hotel attack
1441:Wech Bagtu airstrike
1393:Nangar Khel incident
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380:on October 24, 2015.
310:helicopters hunting
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2693:2005 in Afghanistan
2688:2004 in Afghanistan
2683:2003 in Afghanistan
2678:2002 in Afghanistan
2673:2001 in Afghanistan
2533:Uprising for Change
2166:1 July Kabul attack
2093:March Kabul bombing
2045:August Herat attack
2035:Battle of Bora Bora
2020:Camp Shaheen attack
2015:Nangarhar airstrike
1912:Nangarhar offensive
1751:June Kabul bombings
1592:Badakhshan massacre
1524:Camp Chapman attack
1471:Spin Boldak bombing
1388:Hyderabad airstrike
1296:Battle of Tora Bora
1241:Bombing of Kandahar
208:A-10 Thunderbolt II
2370:2021 Kabul airlift
2331:Battle of Kandahar
2181:July Farah bombing
2151:Maidan Shar attack
2055:20 October attacks
2050:17 October attacks
2030:June Herat bombing
2010:March Kabul attack
1962:Battle of Tarinkot
1947:Janikhel offensive
1942:July Kabul bombing
1922:April Kabul attack
1877:Hospital airstrike
1832:Park Palace attack
1615:Mano Gai airstrike
1597:Operation Halmazag
1436:Azizabad airstrike
1398:Helmand airstrikes
1266:Battle of Tarinkot
1216:Aviation incidents
1089:Taliban insurgency
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393:The New York Times
270:Damadola airstrike
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