This is Khanzada. I met him in Nangarhar province in Afghanistan in 2019.
When his family found Khanzada under the rubble, they were hopeful that his grandparents survived too. An hour later, they found the bodies. #PrecisionStrike
When his family found Khanzada under the rubble, they were hopeful that his grandparents survived too. An hour later, they found the bodies. #PrecisionStrike
This is a baby I held in Nangarhar, who was just a few weeks old, but survived an airstrike in Hisarak district a few days earlier.
Twelve of her family members didn’t.
#precisionstrike
Twelve of her family members didn’t.
#precisionstrike
This is a family from Ajamin Shala village (near Sangin) in Helmand province, some of whom I met...
He survived the airstrike. Four his family members didn't...
Qari Abdul Ghaffar found out four of his relatives were killed in the airstrike.
This is footage from Helmand TV I was able to get showing him trying to help his surviving family members:
This is footage from Helmand TV I was able to get showing him trying to help his surviving family members:
This is the hand of one of his daughters.
There were many other injuries to women that I could not take photos of...
There were many other injuries to women that I could not take photos of...
When Qari Abdul Ghafar went to the local Afghan National Police base in Goro village, they told him:
"This was the Americans. We didn't have access to the radio to tell them [to conduct the strike]. This was not us."
"This was the Americans. We didn't have access to the radio to tell them [to conduct the strike]. This was not us."
Later, he went to Camp Shorabak in Helmand, where ANP told him:
"If we help you, don’t put this on us. The responsibility belongs to the Americans. We’re helping you because we know you. Please don’t feel the Afghan gov did this. We're trying to help. The Americans did this."
"If we help you, don’t put this on us. The responsibility belongs to the Americans. We’re helping you because we know you. Please don’t feel the Afghan gov did this. We're trying to help. The Americans did this."
This is a mass burial of civilians after a U.S. strike in Nangarhar province in 2019.
I'm going to stop here for now because I could go on and on sharing stories and photos of the dead, but know this...
I'm going to stop here for now because I could go on and on sharing stories and photos of the dead, but know this...
The U.S. dropped more bombs in Afghanistan in 2019 than in any previous year of the war (usatoday.com/story/news/pol…).
The U.S. overwhelmingly relied on air power to support the Afghan govt's tenuous hold on the country, and those bombings took extraordinary tolls on civilians.
The U.S. overwhelmingly relied on air power to support the Afghan govt's tenuous hold on the country, and those bombings took extraordinary tolls on civilians.
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