Najeeban
Village
CountryAfghanistan
ProvinceKandahar
DistrictPanjwayi

Najeeban (also spelled Najib Yan) is a village in Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.[1]

Kandahar massacre

In Najeeban, a disguised American army staff sergeant walked inside the village and killed eleven members of the same family and one man in another house nearby as part of the Kandahar massacre. The twelve bodies were partially burned.

See also

References

  1. "How it happened: Massacre in Kandahar". BBC News. BBC. 2012-03-11. Retrieved 2012-03-11.


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