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Granai airstrike

Granai airstrike
Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
DateMay 4, 2009
Location
Granai, Bala Buluk District, Farah Province, Afghanistan
32°37′19″N 62°26′06″E / 32.62194°N 62.43500°E / 32.62194; 62.43500
Casualties and losses
Estimate: 86–147 killed, mostly women and children
Granai airstrike is located in Afghanistan
Granai airstrike
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Location within Afghanistan

The Granai airstrike, sometimes called the Granai massacre, refers to the killing of approximately 86 to 147 Afghan civilians by an airstrike by a US Air Force B-1 Bomber on May 4, 2009, in the village of Granai (Pashto: گرانای, also Romanized Garani, Gerani, Granay)[1] in Farah Province, south of Herat, Afghanistan.[2][3][4][5][6]

The United States admitted significant errors were made in carrying out the airstrike, stating "the inability to discern the presence of civilians and avoid and/or minimize accompanying collateral damage resulted in the unintended consequence of civilian casualties".[7][8][9]

The Afghan government has said that around 140 civilians were killed, of whom 22 were adult males and 93 were children.[3][4] Afghanistan's top rights body has said 97 civilians were killed, most of them children.[3] Other estimates range from 86 to 147 civilians killed.[7][10] An earlier probe by the US military had said that 20–30 civilians were killed along with 60–65 insurgents.[3] A partially released American inquiry stated "no one will ever be able conclusively to determine the number of civilian casualties that occurred".[7] The Australian has said that the airstrike resulted in "one of the highest civilian death tolls from Western military action since foreign forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001".[11]

  1. ^ "Hollow Excuses". Afghanistan Analysts Network - English. September 12, 2009.
  2. ^ Campbell, Matthew (11 April 2010). "Whistleblowers on US 'massacre' fear CIA stalkers". The Times. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d de Luce, Dan (8 June 2009). "We failed to follow bombing rules: Pentagon". AFP. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. ^ a b Shalizi, Hamid; Graff, Peter (16 May 2009). "U.S. strikes killed 140 villagers: Afghan probe". Reuters. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  5. ^ Gall, Carlotta; Shah, Taimoor (14 May 2009). "Afghan Villagers Describe Chaos of U.S. Strikes newspaper". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  6. ^ Boone, Jon; MacAskill, Ewen; Tran, Mark (6 May 2009). "US air strikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  7. ^ a b c Farmer, Ben (11 April 2010). "Wikileaks 'to release video of US strike on Afghan civilians'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  8. ^ Tran, Mark (3 June 2009). "US military admits errors in air strikes that killed scores of Afghan civilians". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  9. ^ Schmitt, Eric P; Shanker, Thom (2 June 2009). "US Report Finds Errors in Afghan Airstrikes". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  10. ^ Denselow, James (23 June 2010). "Hail to the whistleblowers". The Guardian. London.
  11. ^ "'More than 100' die in US-led air strike in Afghanistan". The Australian. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2010.

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