Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike

Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike
Haska Meyna
Haska Meyna (Afghanistan)
Date6 July 2008
Location
Haska Meyna, Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Result 47 civilians killed, including 39 women and children and 8 teenagers; another nine wounded

The Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike was an attack by United States military forces on 6 July 2008, in which 47 Afghans were killed. The targeted group was escorting a bride to a wedding ceremony in the groom's village in Haska Meyna District of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

The United States government denied that civilians were killed in the incident. An investigation by the Afghan government disagreed and determined that 47 civilians, including the bride, had been killed.

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