This article is about the war between 2001 and 2021. For the earlier war involving the Soviet Union, see Soviet–Afghan War.
The War in Afghanistan[a] was a war in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021 between the Afghan government, mujahideen, and imperialist forces led by the United States. The U.S. invasion began in 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
U.S. war crimes
On 23 December 2001, 65 elders were killed in a U.S. air strike.
In December 2003, an A-10 Warthog aircraft gunned down nine children.
In the western province of Farah in 2009, almost 100 civilians were killed by airstrikes, including many children.
In 2012, 17 civilians in Nirkh District, Wardak Province, were detained and tortured to death by U.S. special forces.
In September 2015, a U.S. gunship killed 42 people in an attack against a Doctors without Borders hospital.[1]
The CIA's 01 strike force has killed at least 51 civilians in night raids, including 12 boys at Omar Khali.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Dari: جنگ در افغانستان; Pashto: د افغانستان جګړه
References
- ↑ Patricia Gossman (2021-07-06). "How US-Funded Abuses Led to Failure in Afghanistan" Human Rights Watch. Archived from the original on 2022-04-24. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ↑ Andrew Quilty (2020-12-18). "The CIA's Afghan Death Squads" The Intercept. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-05-17.