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The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that 2,118 civilians were killed as a result of armed conflict in Afghanistan in 2008, the highest civilian death toll since the end of the initial 2001 invasion. This represents an increase of about 40 percent over UNAMA's figure of 1,523 civilians killed in 2007. [22] [24] [25] [29]
On April 5, 2010, the same day as the release of the video footage by WikiLeaks, the United States Central Command, which oversees the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, released a collection of documents including two investigative reports.
The Maywand District murders were the thrill killings of at least three Afghan civilians perpetrated by a group of U.S. Army soldiers from January to May 2010, during the War in Afghanistan. The soldiers, who referred to themselves as the "Kill Team", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] were members of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company , 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry ...
The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, called the incident "intentional murder" and stated, "this [was] an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven." [ 39 ] [ 40 ] He said the United States must now pull back its troops from village areas and allow Afghan security forces to take the lead to reduce ...
Amnesty International said that 756 civilians were killed in 2006 from Taliban road bombs or suicide bombers. [10] In 2010, the Taliban systematically killed civilians in Afghanistan, usually based on claims of the victims supporting the Afghan government.
February 2003 – At least 17 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in coalition bombing raids in a mountainous region Helmand province. [5] [11] February 2003 – Reuters reported that according to locals, 8 civilians were killed in the Baghran Valley area of Helmand province when a U.S. bomber and gunship attacked the area. [5]
February 12: Five innocent civilians including two pregnant women and a teenage girl killed in the botched Khataba raid. February 21: Uruzgan helicopter attack kills 27-33 civilians including four women and a child in Uruzgan province. Spring: Operation Moshtarak Phase I is led by US Marines to retake Marjah, in Helmand Province, from the Taliban.
[1] [6] [12] [13] At least 182 people were killed, including 169 Afghan civilians and 13 members of the United States military, [3] [14] [4] the first American military casualties in the War in Afghanistan since February 2020. [15] The Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) claimed responsibility for the attack. [16]