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Line 12: | casualties3 = Estimate: 86–147 killed, mostly women and children}} {{Campaignbox US war in Afghanistan}} The '''Granai airstrike''', sometimes called the '''Granai massacre''', refers to the killing of approximately 86 to 147 [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] [[civilian]]s by an airstrike by a [[US Air Force]] [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer|B-1 Bomber]] on May 4, 2009, in the village of [[Granai]] ({{Lang-ps|گرانای}}, also Romanized ''Garani'', ''Gerani'', ''Granay'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/war-and-peace/hollow-excuses/|title=Hollow Excuses|date=September 12, 2009|website=Afghanistan Analysts Network - English}}</ref> in [[Farah Province]], south of [[Herat]], [[Afghanistan]].<ref name = Campbell>{{cite news | title = Whistleblowers on US 'massacre' fear CIA stalkers | first = Matthew | last = Campbell | newspaper=[[The Times]] | date=11 April 2010 | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7094234.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629133313/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7094234.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 29, 2011 | access-date=21 May 2010 | location=London}}</ref><ref name= DeLuce8 /><ref name=Shalizi /><ref>{{cite news | first1 = Carlotta | last1 = Gall | author-link = Carlotta Gall | first2 = Taimoor | last2 = Shah | title = Afghan Villagers Describe Chaos of U.S. Strikes newspaper | newspaper= [[The New York Times]] | date= 14 May 2009 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/world/asia/15farah.html | access-date= 21 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first1 = Jon | last1 = Boone | first2 = Ewen | last2 = MacAskill | first3=Mark | last3 = Tran | title=US air strikes kill dozens of Afghan civilians | newspaper= The Guardian | date=6 May 2009 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/06/us-air-strikes-afghan-civilians | access-date=21 May 2010 | location=London}}</ref> The [[United States]] admitted significant errors were made in carrying out the airstrike, stating "the inability to discern the presence of civilians and avoid and/or minimize accompanying collateral damage resulted in the [[unintended consequences|unintended consequence]] of civilian casualties".<ref name=Farmer>{{cite news | title=Wikileaks 'to release video of US strike on Afghan civilians' | first =Ben | last = Farmer | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | date=11 April 2010 | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7579132/Wikileaks-to-release-video-of-US-strike-on-Afghan-civilians.html | access-date=21 May 2010 | location = London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first =Mark | last = Tran | title=US military admits errors in air strikes that killed scores of Afghan civilians | newspaper = The Guardian | date= 3 June 2009 | url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/03/afghanistan-us-airstrikes-errors | access-date = 21 May 2010 | location = London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first1 = Eric P | last1 = Schmitt | author-link = Eric P. Schmitt | first2= Thom | last2 = Shanker| title= US Report Finds Errors in Afghan Airstrikes | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date= 2 June 2009 | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/world/asia/03military.html | access-date = 21 May 2010}}</ref> The Afghan government =={{anchor|Video of the airstrike}}Airstrike video== A [[Combat Camera]] video of the airstrike was made by the bomber aircraft involved. When the [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] investigation on the incident was released in 2009, it did not include the video.<ref name=Farmer /><ref name=DeLuce18>{{cite news | first = Dan | last = de Luce | title= US military debates release of Afghan air strike probe | newspaper=[[Agence France-Presse|AFP]] | date=18 June 2009 | url= https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHR81hAa4Ww2mp2_gWIG8PAHnvnA | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100810003201/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHR81hAa4Ww2mp2_gWIG8PAHnvnA | url-status= dead | archive-date= August 10, 2010 | access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref> By May 2010, [[WikiLeaks]] had an encrypted copy of the video it had received from then U.S. Army Specialist [[Chelsea Manning]] and was attempting to decrypt it.<ref>{{cite news | author-link = Chris McGreal | first = Chris | last = McGreal | title=WikiLeaks to release video of deadly US Afghan attack | newspaper= The Guardian | date = 16 June 2010 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jun/16/wikileaks-us-military-afghanistan-garani | access-date=21 June 2010 | location= London}}</ref><ref name =wired>{{cite news | url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/ | author-link1=Kevin Poulsen | first1=Kevin | last1=Poulsen | author-link2 = Kim Zetter | first2 =Kim | last2=Zetter | title=U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe | newspaper= [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |date= 6 June 2010 | access-date = 15 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="Confession to 10 crimes Manning">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/us/bradley-manning-admits-giving-trove-of-military-data-to-wikileaks.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | author-link1=Charlie Savage (author) | first1=Charlie | last1=Savage | title=Soldier Admits Providing Files to WikiLeaks | newspaper = The New York Times|date=1 March 2013| access-date = 13 June 2013}}</ref> In a March 2013 statement, [[Julian Assange]] disputed prior news reports claiming WikiLeaks had been unable to decrypt the file and alleged that the video "documented a massacre, a [[war crime]]."<ref name=TheAge>{{cite web| location = [[Australia|AU]] | title= WikiLeaks has more US secrets, Assange says|url= http://www.theage.com.au/national/wikileaks-has-more-us-secrets-assange-says-20130305-2fihd.html |work=March 5, 2013|publisher=The Age|access-date=March 5, 2013| date= 2013-03-05}}</ref> Line 45: {{Farah Province}} [[Category:2009 massacres of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] [[Category:History of Farah Province]] [[Category:Airstrikes during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] [[Category:Airstrikes by populated place|Granai]] [[Category:Civilian casualties in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)]] [[Category: [[Category: [[Category:
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