Thread by @bellingcat

In the first 9 months of 2019, almost 600 civilians were killed by airstrikes in Afghanistan.

Now, @TBIJ and @Bellingcat are asking for your help investigating these strikes.
bellingcat.com/news/mena/2020…

@TBIJ We have set up a Check site to help crowdsource data about 20 reported airstrikes on which we have limited information.

We hope you can help us find more of that information.

Step 1: Register for Check here 👇 checkmedia.org/check/join

@TBIJ Step 2: Join the @TBIJ Check

Once you have registered and confirmed on Check, request to join the @TBIJ Check here:

checkmedia.org/tbij/join

@TBIJ Step 3: Start investigating!

Each airstrike has a list of questions, some of which might already have some information filled in.

Can you help us find more?

@TBIJ We have until the beginning of April to fill in as many of the unknowns as possible.

Thank you to everyone who helps and contributes - it means a lot to @TBJI and @bellingcat.

@TBIJ @TBJI Some tips:

1. You’ll find more information in the local language.

2. Search for place names - often social media posts reporting airstrikes will mention the village or town name.

3. Timelimit searches to a few days either side of the date of the strike.

@TBIJ @TBJI Here are some useful sources:

Bellingcat’s OSINT Toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1Bf…

geonames.org - helpful finding places

whopostedwhat.com - a search engine for Facebook posts

twitter.com/search-advanced - allows searching for posts on Twitter