Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike explained

Conflict:Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike
Date:3 November 2008
Place:Wech Baghtu village, Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar province, Afghanistan
Result:26 insurgents and 37 civilians killed including 23 children, 10 women, and 4 men, another 27 wounded

The Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike refers to the killing of about 37 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, and injuring about 27 others by a United States military airstrike on 3 November 2008. The group was celebrating a wedding at a housing complex in the village of Wech Baghtu, a Taliban stronghold in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar province, Afghanistan.[1] [2] [3] [4]

The airstrike followed a firefight between US troops and Taliban forces stationed on a mountain behind the wedding party.[5] [6] [7] [8] On 7 November 2008, Afghan officials said a joint investigation found that 37 civilians and 26 insurgents were killed in Wech Baghtu. Wedding parties in Afghanistan are segregated by sex; of the civilians, 23 were children, 10 were women, and 4 were men. Another 27 persons were injured, including the bride.[7] [9] [10] [11] [12] The bombing destroyed the housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate.

On 5 November 2008, Afghan President Hamid Karzai responded by demanding that newly-elected US President Barack Obama end civilian deaths, stating, "Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes – this is my first demand of the new president of the United States – to put an end to civilian casualties."[13] [14] [15]

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  1. News: 5 November 2008. Karzai says air strike kills 40 in Afghanistan. Reuters. 19 February 2011.
  2. News: Wafa. Abdul Waheed. McDonald. Mark. 5 November 2008. Deadly U.S. airstrike said to hit Afghan wedding party. The New York Times.
  3. News: 5 November 2008. U.S. Strike Reportedly Kills 40 at Afghanistan Wedding. Fox News. 19 February 2011.
  4. Book: Dromi . Shai M. . Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector . 2020 . Univ. of Chicago Press . Chicago . 9780226680101 . vii-viii .
  5. News: Canada . Air strikes kill dozens of wedding guests . The Globe and Mail. Canada . 19 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110203161532/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/article719745.ece . 3 February 2011 .
  6. News: 7 November 2008. Afghanistan: US Missile Strike Kills 37 Civilians. HuffPost. 19 February 2011.
  7. Web site: Yunlong. Zhang. 5 November 2008. Villagers say 37 Afghan civilians killed in US-led air strike on wedding party. 19 February 2011. RAWA News.
  8. News: 5 November 2008. Deadly U.S. airstrike said to hit Afghan wedding party (Published 2008). en-US. The New York Times. 23 December 2020. 0362-4331.
  9. News: 13 November 2008. Deaths in Afghanistan: Air Force Report Confirms Rising Civilian Toll. Spiegel. 19 February 2011.
  10. News: Associated Press in Wech Baghtu . Alleged US air raid 'kills 37' at Afghan nuptials . The Guardian . UK . 19 February 2011 . 6 November 2008.
  11. News: Afghanistan: U.S. Bombing Kills 37 . CBS News . 5 November 2008 . 19 February 2011.
  12. News: Farmer . Ben . US warplanes bomb wedding party, Afghans claim . The Telegraph. 5 November 2008 . 19 February 2011 . London.
  13. News: Karzai Demands Obama End Civilian Deaths . HuffPost. 20 January 2009 . 19 February 2011.
  14. News: Karzai to Obama: Stop killing Afghan civilians; U.S. airstrike reportedly kills 37 at wedding party . Cleveland Plain Dealer . 5 November 2008 . 19 February 2011.
  15. News: Karzai 'demands' Obama end civilian deaths after latest incident . USA Today . 5 November 2008 . 19 February 2011.

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