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2011 Baraki Barak airstrike
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Coalition airstrike
July 2020
Baraki Barak airstrike Baraki Barak district, Logar province, Afghanistan Local Taliban commander 2011 08 26 Airstrike 13 (including 6 civilians) NATO the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The Baraki Barak airstrike was a coalition airstrike that occurred on August 26, 2011, in Eastern Afghanistan. Six Afghan civilians from the same family were killed in the air strike in the Baraki Barak district of Logar province, Afghanistan. Four insurgents and three Afghan army members were also killed.http://www.brecorder.com/world/south-asia/25605-civilians-killed-in-afghan-air-strike-.html South Asia - World - Business Recorder 26 August 2011
Logar provincial police chief Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewani said the operation had targeted a Taliban commander, Qari Hijran, who had a bounty on his head. The top official in the district, Mohammad Rahim Amin, claimed that the incident occurred when a local teacher provided shelter for the commander in his home.
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