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A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
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Kandahar massacre
2012 murders by a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan
The Kandahar massacre, also called the Panjwai massacre, was a mass murder that occurred in the early hours of 11 March 2012, when United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales murdered 16 Afghan civilians and wounded six others in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Panjwayi District
District of Kandahar Province, southeastern Afghanistan
Panjwayi is a district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It is located about 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Kandahar. The district borders Helmand Province to the southwest, Maywand District to the west, Zhari District to the north, Arghandab, Kandahar and Daman districts to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Kandahar
City in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Kandahar, is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of 1,010 m (3,310 ft). It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Province and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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