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==War in Afghanistan (2001–present)== |
==War in Afghanistan (2001–present)== |
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*Note: According to the United Nations, 75-80% of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan were caused by the [[Taliban]] and other "resistance" groups from 2009 to 2011.<ref name="The Weekly Standard">{{cite news| url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/taliban-responsible-76-deaths-afghanistan-un| work=The Weekly Standard|title=UN: Taliban Responsible for 76% of Deaths in Afghanistan |date=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="UNAMA">{{cite news| |
*Note: According to the United Nations, 75-80% of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan were caused by the [[Taliban]] and other "resistance" groups from 2009 to 2011.<ref name="The Weekly Standard">{{cite news| url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/taliban-responsible-76-deaths-afghanistan-un| work=The Weekly Standard|title=UN: Taliban Responsible for 76% of Deaths in Afghanistan |date=August 10, 2010}}</ref><ref name="UNAMA">{{cite news|url=http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1783&ctl=Details&mid=1882&ItemID=12602 |publisher=United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |title=Citing rising death toll, UN urges better protection of Afghan civilians |date=March 9, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726085402/http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1783&ctl=Details&mid=1882&ItemID=12602 |archivedate=July 26, 2011 |df= }}</ref><ref name="Haddon">{{cite news|url=https://news.yahoo.com/afghanistan-marks-10-years-since-war-started-211711851.html|first=Katherine |last=Haddon |title=Afghanistan marks 10 years since war started|publisher=AFP|date=October 6, 2011|accessdate=October 6, 2011}}</ref> This list is incomplete and does not represent these official figures properly. |
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Afghanistan (numbers may be approximate):
Durrani Empire and Anglo-Afghan War
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Massacre of Elphinstone's Army | January 6–13, 1842 | Between Kabul and Jalalabad via Gandamak | Approx 16,500 | 4,000 soldiers of the British East India Company and 12,000 civilians and camp followers |
Hazara Massarce of 19th Century | 1800s | Hazaristan | Approx 2 Million | 4,000,000 Afghan Troops Massacre Hazaras and take there land which called Hazaristan |
Soviet war in Afghanistan
- Note: During the Soviet war between 600,000 and 2,000,000 Afghans were killed. This list is incomplete.
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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1979 Herat uprising by the communist PDPA | 1979 | Herat | Thousands disappeared without trace | 3,000-25,000 |
Hazara massacre[1] by Hafizullah Amin | 1979 | Thousands disappeared without trace | ||
Maivand Massacre by the communist PDPA | 1979 |
War in Afghanistan (1992–2001)
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami | 1992-1993 | Kabul | thousands | |
Afshar massacre by Sayyaf's Ittihad-e-Islami | February 10–11, 1993 | Kabul | 800-2000 | 700-750 kidnapped by Ittihad and presumed dead |
Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami | January 1994 | Kabul | 24,000 | |
Mass bombardment of Kabul by the Taliban | 1995 | Kabul | 800–4,000 | |
Mass bombardment of Kabul by the Ahmad Shah Massoud | Kabul | Thousands | ||
15 massacre campaigns by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda | 1996-2001 | northern, central and western Afghanistan | Unknown | United Nations: "These are the same type of war crimes as were committed in Bosnia and should be prosecuted in international courts".[2] See some campaigns listed below. |
Mazar-i-Sharif massacre by the Taliban | 1998 | Mazar-i-Sharif | 4,000-8,000 | |
Denial of UN emergency food supplies to 160,000 starving refugees by the Taliban | 1998 | northern Afghanistan | thousands | 160,000 affected[3] |
Istalif campaign by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda | 1999 | Istalif | unknown | city with 45,000 homes razed completely[4] |
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- Note: According to the United Nations, 75-80% of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan were caused by the Taliban and other "resistance" groups from 2009 to 2011.[5][6][7] This list is incomplete and does not represent these official figures properly.
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Dasht-i-Leili massacre by Junbish-i Milli under the alleged supervision of the United States military. | December 2001 | Dasht-i-Leili desert | 250-3000 | |
2007 Shinwar shooting by the US Marines | March 4, 2007 | Shinwar District | 19 | 50 injured |
Hyderabad airstrike by US-Afghan forces | June 28, 2007 | Gerishk District, Helmand | 45-100 | 23-40 |
Nangar Khel incident by the Polish Armed Forces | August 16, 2007 | Khel, Paktika Province | 6 | 3 |
Deh Bala wedding party bombing | July 6, 2008 | Deh Bala, Dih Bala District, Nangarhar province | 47 | |
2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul by the Taliban Haqqani network | July 7, 2008 | Kabul | 58 | 141 wounded |
Wech Baghtu wedding party attack by the United States military | November 3, 2008 | Wech Baghtu village, Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar province | 37 | 27 wounded |
Granai airstrike by the US Airforce | May 4, 2009 | Granai, Bala Buluk District, Farah Province | 86-145 | |
Taliban car bomb in Kandahar | August 25, 2009 | Kandahar | 30 | dozens wounded |
2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack by the Taliban Haqqani network | October 8, 2009 | Kabul | 17 | 63 wounded |
Narang night raid by NATO forces | December 27, 2009 | Ghazi Khan Ghondi village, Narang District, Kunar province | 10 | |
Khataba raid by US Special Forces | February 12, 2010 | Khataba village, Paktia Province | 5 | |
Sangin airstrike by NATO forces. | July 23, 2010 | Sangin, Helmand province | 39-52 | |
2010 Badakhshan massacre by the Taliban | August 5, 2010 | Badakhshan | 10 doctors on a humanitarian relief mission | |
Kabul Bank shooting by the Taliban | February 19, 2010 | Jalalabad | 40 | 90 wounded |
Maywand District killings by rogues US soldiers | January – May 2010 | Kandahar province | 3 | |
Kandahar massacre | March 11, 2012 | Kandahar province | 16 | 5 |
Forward Operating Base Delhi Massacre by the Taliban | August 10, 2012 | Helmand Province | 3 | 1 injured |
References
- ^ Male, Beverley (1982). Revolutionary Afghanistan: A Reappraisal. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-7099-1716-8.
- ^ "Taliban massacres outlined for UN". Chicago Tribune. Newsday. October 2001.
- ^ "U.N. says Taliban starving hungry people for military agenda". Chicago Tribune. Associated Press. January 8, 1998.
- ^ "Re-Creating Afghanistan: Returning to Istalif". NPR. August 1, 2002.
- ^ "UN: Taliban Responsible for 76% of Deaths in Afghanistan". The Weekly Standard. August 10, 2010.
- ^ "Citing rising death toll, UN urges better protection of Afghan civilians". United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. March 9, 2011. Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
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