2010 Sangin airstrike

Civilians killing during NATO attack Sangin airstrike 2017 airstrike in Sangin 2017 Sangin airstrike Sangin airstrike July 23, 2010 Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan Estimated 39-52 people killed, mostly women and children On July 23, 2010, a NATO attack killed and injured many Afghan civilians, most of whom were women and children, in the village of Sangin in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The Afghan government claimed that a helicopter-gunship rocket strike killed 52 civilians. Many other civilians including children were also injured and treated at Kandahar hospital.Loyn David https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10756940 BBC News - Nato probes reports raid killed 45 Afghan civilians Bbc.co.uk 2010-07-25 2010-08-13Jon Boone in Kabul and Ali Safi in Kandahar http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/07/28/helmand-residents-accuse-nato-of-deliberate-attack-on-civilians-killing-52.html Helmand residents accuse NATO of deliberate attack on civilians killing 52 « RAWA News Rawa.org 2010-08-13http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/24/c_13413229.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100726090643/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/24/c_13413229.htm dead July 26, 2010 7 children injured in troops-militants battle in S. Afghanistan News.xinhuanet.com 2010-07-24 2010-08-13 For weeks, US military and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials denied that there had been any such incident.http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=1384558 NATO Expresses Regrets Over Afghan Civilian Deaths In Military Operation Rttnews.com 2010-08-13 About 200-400 people took to the streets in Kabul, protesting the killing of civilians by foreign troops, carrying photos of those who died in the airstrike.http://itn.co.uk/7907443255e78ee1c2f7ae71d04a8407.html Demonstrators hit the streets of Kabul Itn.co.uk 2010-08-01 2010-08-13 April 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201008/2970360.htm?desktop Stories:Afghans protest alleged NATO civilian deaths Australia Network News 2010-08-02 2010-08-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110707192008/http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201008/2970360.htm?desktop 2011-07-07 The Karzai government sent investigators to the site, who concluded that 39 civilians were killed in the rocket strike. According to a statement by the Presidential Palace, the investigation confirmed that 39 civilians had been killed by NATO-led troops in Sangin.NATO Expresses Regrets Over Afghan Civilian Deaths In Military Operation https://www.rttnews.com/1384558/nato-expresses-regrets-over-afghan-civilian-deaths-in-military-operation.aspx 2024-05-24 RTTNews en-US The figure was lower than the initially reported 45–52. According to the investigation, all 39 dead were women or children. See also Azizabad airstrike Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike Granai airstrike 2009 Kunduz airstrike Uruzgan helicopter attack References External links Rethink Afghanistan Footage Exposes One of the Worst Civilian Casualty Incidents of the War https://archive.today/20130123040026/http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/63771 NATO Forces in Afghanistan Can’t Deny They Killed Civilians in Sangin Anymore el collapsed 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:July 2010 in Afghanistan Category:Attacks in Afghanistan in 2010 Category:2010 airstrikes Category:NATO operations in Afghanistan Category:History of Helmand Province