What the records say
- When
- 29 Aug 2021
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Killed
- 10
- Coordinates
- 34.53° N, 69.17° E
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
August 2021 Kabul drone strike
2021 civilian drone killing in Kabul, Afghanistan
On 29 August 2021, an unmanned drone attack by the United States killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, including 7 children, with the youngest victim being two-years-old. The U.S. initially said that the vehicle targeted in the strike had visited an Islamic State safe house and that there had been several secondary explosions, implying there had been explosives at the scene.
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- Wikidata: terrorist attacks outside GTD’s yearsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A U.S. airstrike targets a vehicle driven by an aid worker for U.S. based Nutrition and Education International, who was bringing home water for his family”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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