Tarok Kolache was a small settlement in
Kandahar province,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
.
On October 6, 2010, Lieutenant Colonel David Flynn, commander of the Combined Joint
Task Force
A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity. Originally introduced by the United States Navy, the term has now caught on for general usage and is a standard part of NATO terminology. Many ...
1-320th gave the order to drop of rockets and aerial bombs on the village which resulted in leveling the village completely. Col. Flynn stated that Tarok Kolache was one of three southern Afghanistan villages that the Taliban were using as bomb-making factories.
See also
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Deh Bala wedding party bombing
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Bến Tre
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Khosrow Sofla
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Lower Babur
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Kandahar Province
References
External links
* Images''
The village before and after the bombing*
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Populated places in Kandahar Province
2010 in Afghanistan
United States military scandals
Villages depopulated during Operation Dragon Strike
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) sites
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