List of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan (2012) explained

List of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2012)

February 8, 2012 – 2012 Kapisa airstrike – Seven children and a young adult were killed by an ISAF airstrike in the village of Geyaba in the eastern Afghan province of Kapisa.^[1] ^[2]
February 17, 2012 – Kunar Raid – Six civilians were killed in a night raid in Dewa Gul Valley, in the Chawki district of Kunar province.^[3]
March 11, 2012 – Kandahar massacre – At least 16 civilians were killed after a 'rogue' US serviceman entered their homes and began to open fire in the Afghan province of Kandahar.^[4]
May 27, 2012 – Eight members of an Afghan family were killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan.^[5]
July 2, 2012 – NATO killed three shopkeepers in an airstrike near Charkh District, east of Afghanistan. Logar province spokesman Din Mohammad Darwesh said NATO forces were on a foot patrol in morning of July 2 in Charkh district when they came under fire from insurgents. He said they called in an airstrike and the bombardment killed three shopkeepers.^[6]
September, 2012 – NATO killed eight women and injured a further seven women, in an airstrike in Laghman.^[7]

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