2010 Uruzgan helicopter attack

Attack on Afghan civilians by American army July 2026 May 2026 Uruzgan, Afghanistan 2010 02 21 y Afghan civilians 27–33 civilians United States Uruzgan helicopter attack refers to the 21 February 2010 killing of Afghan civilians, including over 20 men, four women and one child, by the United States Armed Forces, with another 12 civilians wounded.Afghan Civilians Killed in NATO Airstrike http://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghan-civilians-killed-in-nato-airstrike/ 3 March 2017 Associated Press CBS News February 22, 2010http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE61L0E3.htm Thomson Reuters Foundation 30 November 2014 Thomson Reuters Foundation The attack took place near the border between Uruzgan and Daikundi province in Afghanistan when special operation troops helicopters attacked three minibuses with "airborne weapons".Partlow Joshua Chandrasekaran Rajiv U.S. airstrike kills at least 27 Afghan civilians https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/22/AR2010022200842.html 3 March 2017 The Washington Post February 23, 2010https://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704057604575080640203691352.html U.S. Special Operations Ordered Deadly Afghan Strike Matthew Rosenberg 22 February 2010 WSJ 30 November 2014 10 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121110224436/http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB10001424052748704057604575080640203691352.html dead Summary of events The victims were traveling in three buses in broad daylight in a group of 42 civilians in Uruzgan province near the border to Daikundi on 21 February 2010.http://wfol.tv/stop-nato/3895.html wfol.tv 13 March 2015July 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes 'Unjustifiable' airstrike kills 27 Afghan civilians https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35515880 3 March 2017 Associated Press MSNBC February 22, 2010 When the convoy was on a main road in the village of Zerma it came under attack from U.S. Special Forces piloting Little Bird helicopters using "airborne weapons". NATO later stated that they believed at that time that the minibuses were carrying insurgents.http://en.trend.az/news/nato/1643624.html 27 Afghan civilians killed in NATO airstrike 22 February 2010 Trend 30 November 2014 27 civilians including four women and one child were killed in the attack while another 12 were wounded. Initially the number of deaths was reported at 33.https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61L1XJ20100222 NATO airstrike kills 27 civilians in Afghanistan Reuters 22 February 2010 30 November 2014 ISAF ground troops transported the wounded to medical treatment facilities after they found women and children at the scene.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-afghanistan_23int.ART.State.Edition2.4b80209.html NATO airstrike kills 27 Afghan civilians 30 November 2014 Reaction Afghanistan Afghanistan's cabinet called the killings "unjustifiable" and condemned the raid "in the strongest terms possible".http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/22 Civilian Deaths Continue Unabated in Afghanistan Common Dreams 30 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20130701122451/https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/02/22 1 July 2013 dead dmy-allhttp://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/02/22/nato-afghanistan-airstrike-kills-27-civilians.html NATO Afghanistan airstrike kills 27 civilians 30 November 2014 The local governor and the Interior Minister said that all of the victims were civilians. Amanullah Hotak, head of Uruzgan's provincial council said: "We don't want their apologies or the money they always give after every attack. We want them to kill all of us together instead of doing it to us one by one."Boone Jon Weaver Matthew Afghan ministers voice anger as civilians killed in Nato air strike https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/22/nato-airstrike-deaths 3 March 2017 The Guardian February 22, 2010 Haji Ghullam Rasoul, whose cousins died in the attack, said, "They came here to bring security but they kill our children, they kill our brothers and they kill our people."http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7036973.ece Login 13 March 2015September 2024 medicmedic United States U.S. General Stanley McChrystal said he was "extremely saddened". "I have made it clear to our forces that we are here to protect the Afghan people, and inadvertently killing or injuring civilians undermines their trust and confidence in our mission," he said in a statement. "We will re-double our efforts to regain that trust."McChrystal apologizes as airstrike kills dozens in Afghanistan http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/22/afghanistan.civilian.strike/index.html 3 March 2017 CNN February 23, 2010 Netherlands A Dutch Defence Ministry spokesman in The Hague said Dutch forces did not call the airstrike, which took place in an area under Dutch military control.Nordland Rod NATO Airstrike Kills Afghan Civilians https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/world/asia/23afghan.html 3 March 2017 The New York Times February 22, 2010 See also Azizabad airstrike Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike Granai airstrike 2009 Kunduz airstrike Sangin airstrike References External links Another Massacre In Afghanistan Bill Van Auken Questions linger after airstrike on civilian convoy in Afghanistan Steve Rennie Afghans call for Nato to leave after airstrike kills 27 civilians Jerome Starkey, Kabul Afghanistan Category:2010 massacres in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Airstrikes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Category:History of Urozgan Province Category:February 2010 in Afghanistan Category:Helicopter attacks Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2010 Category:2010 airstrikes Category:United States war crimes in Afghanistan