Raid on Kunar explained

Raid on Kunar
Location:Chawki district of Kunar province, Afghanistan
Target:Suspected Taliban insurgents
Outcome:mission failure
Type:Airstrike and ground raid
Fatalities:6
Instigator:USAF and NATO
Conflict:the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

The raid on Kunar was a NATO operation which took place on February 17, 2012. Six civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed in the airstrike and ground raid near the Dewa Gul Valley, "a Taliban stronghold in the Chawki district of Kunar province".

Hundreds of Afghans in Chawki protested NATO's actions. President Hamid Karzai sent a delegation to investigate the incident; according to his office, witnesses confirmed that six civilians were killed in the action.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Night raid sparks anti-US protests. 5 July 2017. Agence France-Presse. Dawn. January 20, 2012.