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The '''Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike''' refers to the killing of about 37 [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] civilians, mostly women and children, and injuring about 27 others by a [[United States military]] airstrike on November |
The '''Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike''' refers to the killing of about 37 [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] civilians, mostly women and children, and injuring about 27 others by a [[United States military]] airstrike on 3 November 2008. The group was celebrating a wedding at a housing complex in the village of Wech Baghtu, a [[Taliban]] stronghold in the [[Shah Wali Kot District]] of [[Kandahar Province|Kandahar province]], Afghanistan.<ref name="HuffPost1" /><ref>{{cite news|date=5 November 2008|title=Karzai says air strike kills 40 in Afghanistan|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4A44EW20081105|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Wafa|first=Abdul Waheed|last2=McDonald|first2=Mark|date=5 November 2008|title=Deadly U.S. airstrike said to hit Afghan wedding party|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/world/asia/05iht-afghan.3.17553439.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=5 November 2008|title=U.S. Strike Reportedly Kills 40 at Afghanistan Wedding|publisher=Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/u-s-strike-reportedly-kills-40-at-afghanistan-wedding|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dromi |first1=Shai M. |title=Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector |date=2020 |publisher=Univ. of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |isbn=9780226680101 |pages=vii-viii |url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/A/bo46479924.html}}</ref> |
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The airstrike followed a firefight |
The airstrike followed a firefight between US troops and Taliban forces stationed on a mountain behind the wedding party.<ref name="HuffPost1">{{cite news|author=Canada |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/article719745.ece |title=Air strikes kill dozens of wedding guests |work=The Globe and Mail|location=Canada |access-date=19 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203161532/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/article719745.ece |archive-date=3 February 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=7 November 2008|title=Afghanistan: US Missile Strike Kills 37 Civilians|work=HuffPost|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/07/afghanistan-us-missile-st_n_142087.html|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|last=Yunlong|first=Zhang|date=5 November 2008|title=Villagers say 37 Afghan civilians killed in US-led air strike on wedding party|url=http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2008/11/05/villagers-say-37-afghan-civilians-killed-in-us-led-air-strike-on-wedding-party.html?mggal=2=3|access-date=19 February 2011|publisher=RAWA News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=5 November 2008|title=Deadly U.S. airstrike said to hit Afghan wedding party (Published 2008)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/world/asia/05iht-afghan.3.17553439.html|access-date=23 December 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On 7 November 2008, Afghan officials said a joint investigation found that 37 civilians and 26 insurgents were killed in Wech Baghtu.<ref name="HuffPost1" /> Wedding parties in Afghanistan are segregated by sex; of the civilians, 23 were children, 10 were women, and 4 were men. Another 27 persons were injured, including the bride.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref>{{cite news|date=13 November 2008|title=Deaths in Afghanistan: Air Force Report Confirms Rising Civilian Toll|publisher=Spiegel|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,590234,00.html|access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Associated Press in Wech Baghtu |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/nov/06/afghanistan-wedding-air-raid-kandahar |title=Alleged US air raid 'kills 37' at Afghan nuptials |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=19 February 2011 |date=6 November 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/05/world/main4574432.shtml |title=Afghanistan: U.S. Bombing Kills 37 |publisher=CBS News |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Farmer |first=Ben |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3386273/US-warplanes-bomb-wedding-party-Afghans-claim.html |title=US warplanes bomb wedding party, Afghans claim |work=The Telegraph|date=5 November 2008 |access-date=19 February 2011 |location=London}}</ref> The bombing destroyed the housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate. |
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On 5 November 2008, Afghan President [[Hamid Karzai]] responded by demanding that newly-elected US President [[Barack Obama]] end civilian deaths, stating, "Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes – this is my first demand of the new president of the United States – to put an end to civilian casualties."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/06/karzai-demands-obama-end_n_141842.html |title=Karzai Demands Obama End Civilian Deaths |work=HuffPost|date=20 January 2009 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2008/11/karzai_to_obama_stop_killing_a.html |title=Karzai to Obama: Stop killing Afghan civilians; U.S. airstrike reportedly kills 37 at wedding party |publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-05-afghanistan-violence_N.htm |title=Karzai 'demands' Obama end civilian deaths after latest incident |work=USA Today |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref> |
On 5 November 2008, Afghan President [[Hamid Karzai]] responded by demanding that newly-elected US President [[Barack Obama]] end civilian deaths, stating, "Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes – this is my first demand of the new president of the United States – to put an end to civilian casualties."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/06/karzai-demands-obama-end_n_141842.html |title=Karzai Demands Obama End Civilian Deaths |work=HuffPost|date=20 January 2009 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/world/index.ssf/2008/11/karzai_to_obama_stop_killing_a.html |title=Karzai to Obama: Stop killing Afghan civilians; U.S. airstrike reportedly kills 37 at wedding party |publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-05-afghanistan-violence_N.htm |title=Karzai 'demands' Obama end civilian deaths after latest incident |work=USA Today |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=19 February 2011}}</ref> |
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The Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike refers to the killing of about 37 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, and injuring about 27 others by a United States military airstrike on 3 November 2008. The group was celebrating a wedding at a housing complex in the village of Wech Baghtu, a Taliban stronghold in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.[1][2][3][4][5]
The airstrike followed a firefight between US troops and Taliban forces stationed on a mountain behind the wedding party.[1][6][7][8] On 7 November 2008, Afghan officials said a joint investigation found that 37 civilians and 26 insurgents were killed in Wech Baghtu.[1] Wedding parties in Afghanistan are segregated by sex; of the civilians, 23 were children, 10 were women, and 4 were men. Another 27 persons were injured, including the bride.[7][9][10][11][12] The bombing destroyed the housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate.
On 5 November 2008, Afghan President Hamid Karzai responded by demanding that newly-elected US President Barack Obama end civilian deaths, stating, "Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes – this is my first demand of the new president of the United States – to put an end to civilian casualties."[13][14][15]
See also[edit]
- Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
- Granai airstrike
- Azizabad airstrike
- The Narang night raid
- Uruzgan helicopter attack
- List of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Canada. "Air strikes kill dozens of wedding guests". The Globe and Mail. Canada. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Karzai says air strike kills 40 in Afghanistan". Reuters. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Wafa, Abdul Waheed; McDonald, Mark (5 November 2008). "Deadly U.S. airstrike said to hit Afghan wedding party". The New York Times.
- ^ "U.S. Strike Reportedly Kills 40 at Afghanistan Wedding". Fox News. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Dromi, Shai M. (2020). Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 9780226680101.
- ^ "Afghanistan: US Missile Strike Kills 37 Civilians". HuffPost. 7 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ a b Yunlong, Zhang (5 November 2008). "Villagers say 37 Afghan civilians killed in US-led air strike on wedding party". RAWA News. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Deadly U.S. airstrike said to hit Afghan wedding party (Published 2008)". The New York Times. 5 November 2008. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Deaths in Afghanistan: Air Force Report Confirms Rising Civilian Toll". Spiegel. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Associated Press in Wech Baghtu (6 November 2008). "Alleged US air raid 'kills 37' at Afghan nuptials". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Afghanistan: U.S. Bombing Kills 37". CBS News. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ Farmer, Ben (5 November 2008). "US warplanes bomb wedding party, Afghans claim". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Karzai Demands Obama End Civilian Deaths". HuffPost. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Karzai to Obama: Stop killing Afghan civilians; U.S. airstrike reportedly kills 37 at wedding party". Cleveland Plain Dealer. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Karzai 'demands' Obama end civilian deaths after latest incident". USA Today. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
External links[edit]
- Reuters video U.S. strike kills wedding party goers -Afghan officials.[permanent dead link]
- Uncomfortable Others: Afghan Civilians Wounded by America Marc W. Herold
- Examples of the US ‘liberation’ of Afghanistan
- 2008 massacres of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Airstrikes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Attacks on weddings in Afghanistan
- Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- History of Kandahar Province
- November 2008 events in Asia
- Attacks in Afghanistan in 2008
- United States war crimes in Afghanistan