Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike

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The Wech Baghtu wedding party airstrike refers to the killing of 63 people including 37 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, and 26 insurgents by a United States military airstrike on November 3, 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 Afghan government accused the Taliban of seeking shelter near the wedding party.^[1]^[5]^[6] On November 7, 2008, Afghan officials said a joint investigation found that 37 civilians and 26 insurgents were killed in Wech Baghtu.^[1] Wedding parties in Afghanistan are segregated by gender; of the civilians, 23 were children, 10 were women, and 4 were men. Another 27 persons were injured, including the bride.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11] The bombing destroyed the housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate.

On November 5, 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."^[12]^[13]^[14]

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External links

Reuters video U.S. strike kills wedding party goers -Afghan officials.
Uncomfortable Others: Afghan Civilians Wounded by America Marc W. Herold
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