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Azizabad is a village in the Shindand district, Herat Province, Afghanistan.

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.

References

1. "Azizabad". GEOnet Names Server. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

See also

• Azizabad airstrike
• Herat Province

v t e Herat Province
Capital: Herat
Districts	Adraskan Chishti Sharif Farsi Ghoryan Gulran Guzara Hirat Injil Karukh Kohsan Kushk Kushki Kuhna Obe Pashtun Zarghun Shindand Zinda Jan
Populated places	Adraskan Azizabad Baluchi Bazargan Chishti Sharif Farsi Ghurian Gulran Guzara Herat Injil Islam Qala Karukh Kohsan Kushk Kushki Kuhna Obe Pashtun Zarghun Sabzawar Shindand Torghundi Zendeh Jan
Landmarks	Herat Citadel Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine Great Mosque of Herat Gawhar Shad Mausoleum Malan Bridge Musalla complex Herat City Old Fort

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