List of massacres in Afghanistan
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The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Afghanistan (numbers may be approximate):
Durrani Empire and Anglo-Afghan War
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massacre of Elphinstone's Army | January 6–13, 1842 | Between Kabul and Jalalabad via Gandamak | Approx 16,500 | 4,000 soldiers of the British East India Company and 12,000 civilians and camp followers |
| 1888–1893 Uprisings of Hazaras | 1888–1893 | Hazaristan | 400,000[1] | Afghan Troops Massacre Hazaras and take their land known as Hazaristan 60% of the total Hazara population was either killed or displaced by the massacre.[2] |
Khalq communist rule
- Note: During the Soviet war between 600,000 and 2,000,000 Afghans were killed. This list is incomplete.
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Herat uprising | March 1979 | Herat | Thousands disappeared without trace | 3,000[3]–25,000[4]
In 1992, a mass grave was uncovered, containing 2,000 bodies of those killed by the DRA[5] repression. |
| Kerala massacre by the PDPA | April 1979 | Kerala, Kunar Province | 1,000 killed | Unarmed males murdered by the army |
| Chindawol uprising[6] | June 1979 | Thousands disappeared without trace |
Civil war
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami | 1992–1993 | Kabul | 50,000[7][8] | |
| Afshar massacre by Sayyaf's Ittihad-e-Islami | February 10–11, 1993 | Kabul | 570–750 | 700–750 kidnapped by Ittihad and presumed dead |
| Mass bombardment of Kabul by Hezb-i Islami | January 1994 | Kabul | 24,000 | |
| Mass bombardment of Kabul by the Taliban | 1995 | Kabul | 800–4,000 | |
| 15 massacre campaigns by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda | 1996–2001 | Northern, central and western Afghanistan | Unknown | United Nations: "These are the same type of war crimes as were committed in Bosnia and should be prosecuted in international courts".[9] See some campaigns listed below. |
| Mazar-i-Sharif massacre by Junbish | May and July 1997 | Mazar-i-Sharif | Up to 3,000 | Junbish general Abdul Malik Pahlawan "is widely believed to have been responsible for the brutal massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban prisoners after inviting them into Mazar-i-Sharif."[10] |
| Anti-Hazara massacre in Mazar-i-Sharif | 8–10 August 1998 | Mazar-i-Sharif | 2,000[11][12] to 20,000[13] | |
| Taliban starvation of refugees | 1998 | Northern Afghanistan | Thousands | Denial of UN emergency food supplies to 160,000 starving refugees by the Taliban[14] |
| Istalif campaign by the Taliban and Al-Qaeda | 1999 | Istalif | Unknown | Nity with 45,000 homes razed completely[15] |
| Gosfandi massacre by the Taliban | 1999 | Gosfandi District, Sar-e Pol | ||
| Deliberate destruction of civilian livelihood | 1999 | Shomali Plain | [16] | |
| Robatak Pass killings | January 14, 2000 | pass connecting the settlements of Tashkurgan and Pule Khumri | 31 | |
| Civilian killings by the Taliban | January 2001 | Yakawlang | 250–3000 | |
| Anti-Hazara massacre in Bamiyan | November 2001 | Bamiyan | 15,000[17] |
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- Note: According to the United Nations, 75–80% of civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan were caused by the Taliban and other "resistance" groups from 2009 to 2011.[18][19][20] This list is incomplete and does not represent these official figures properly.
| Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kama Ado massacre by American Bombers | December 1, 2001 | Kama Ado Village | 100 | |
| Dasht-i-Leili massacre by Junbish-i Milli under the alleged supervision of the United States military. | December 2001 | Dasht-i-Leili desert | 250–3000 | |
| 2007 Shinwar shooting by the US Marines | March 4, 2007 | Shinwar District | 19 | 50 injured |
| Hyderabad airstrike by US-Afghan forces | June 28, 2007 | Gerishk District, Helmand | 45–100 | 23–40 |
| Nangar Khel incident by the Polish Armed Forces | August 16, 2007 | Khel, Paktika Province | 6 | 3 |
| Haska Meyna wedding party airstrike | July 6, 2008 | Haska Meyna, Haska Meyna District, Nangarhar province | 47 | |
| 2008 Indian embassy bombing in Kabul by the Taliban Haqqani network | July 7, 2008 | Kabul | 58 | 141 wounded |
| Wech Baghtu wedding party attack by the United States military | November 3, 2008 | Wech Baghtu village, Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar province | 37 | 27 wounded |
| Granai airstrike by the US Airforce | May 4, 2009 | Granai, Bala Buluk District, Farah Province | 86–145 | |
| Taliban car bomb in Kandahar | August 25, 2009 | Kandahar | 30 | Dozens wounded |
| 2009 Kabul Indian embassy attack by the Taliban Haqqani network | October 8, 2009 | Kabul | 17 | 63 wounded |
| Narang night raid by NATO forces | December 27, 2009 | Ghazi Khan Ghondi village, Narang District, Kunar province | 10 | |
| Khataba raid by US Special Forces | February 12, 2010 | Khataba village, Paktia Province | 5 | |
| Sangin airstrike by NATO forces. | July 23, 2010 | Sangin, Helmand province | 39–52 | |
| 2010 Badakhshan massacre by the Taliban | August 5, 2010 | Badakhshan | 10 doctors on a humanitarian relief mission | |
| Kabul Bank shooting by the Taliban | February 19, 2010 | Jalalabad | 40 | 90 wounded |
| Maywand District killings by rogues US soldiers | January – May 2010 | Kandahar province | 3 | |
| Kandahar massacre | March 11, 2012 | Kandahar province | 16 | 5 |
| Forward Operating Base Delhi Massacre by the Taliban | August 10, 2012 | Helmand Province | 3 | 1 injured |
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