What the records say
- When
- 4 May 2009
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 32.62° N, 62.44° E
- Description
- 2009 airstrike
Granai airstrike
2009 mass murder of civilians by American airmen during the Afghanistan War
The Granai airstrike, often 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 in Farah Province, south of Herat, Afghanistan.
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