What the records say
- When
- 6 Jul 2008
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 34.12° N, 70.46° E
- Description
- civilians massacre at a wedding party
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
Civilians massacre at a wedding party
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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Deh Bala wedding party bombing refers to the killing of a large number of Afghan civilians, mostly women”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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