Azizabad is a village in the Shindand district,

Herat Province Herat ( Persian: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the north-western part of the country. Together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the north-western region of Afghanistan. Its primary city a ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. It has become known to the wider world due to an attack that took place on Friday 22 August 2008, in which an American attack plane fired indiscriminately on civilians, killing 60 children and 30 adults, as well as destroying many homes.

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