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 madrassas of Chenagai (ChIngai), Bajaur, FATA

"We thought it would be less damaging if we said we did it rather than the US. But there was a lot of collateral damage and we've requested the Americans not to do it again."
Chenagai madrassa after airstrike, 2006
Chenagai madrassa after airstrike, 2006
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updated Thu. April 4, 2024

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Where were all the speeches and expressions of grief when the US bombed the school in Chenagai, Afghanistan? Didn't hear about that senseless act of violence ... A CIA strike on a madrassa or religious school in 2006 killed up to 69 children, among 80 civilians. The attack was on a religious seminary in ...

A CIA strike on a madrassa or religious school in 2006 killed up to 69 children, among 80 civilians. The attack was on a religious seminary in Chenegai, in Bajaur Agency. CIA drones attacked on October 30, flattening much of the school. Their target was reportedly the headmaster, a known militant.
A CIA strike on a madrassa or religious school in 2006 killed up to 69 children, among 80 civilians. The attack was on a religious seminary in Chenegai, in Bajaur Agency. CIA drones attacked on October 30, flattening much of the school. Their target was reportedly the headmaster, a known militant.
This time it was on a madrassa just north of Damadola in the village of Chenagai. This massive strike killed Mullah ... The unpredictable attacks on convoys, hujras (guest houses), compounds, training camps and madrassas have wreaked havoc in the Taliban and al-Qaeda ranks. As a result, al-Qaeda ...
Western intelligence services consider the madrassa to be one of the secret headquarters of the Taliban. Indeed ... He ordered the bombing of a Koran school -- allegedly a "terror camp with terrorist activities" and many foreigners -- in the village Chingai on the Afghan border in the tribal region of Bajaur.
Locals in Chenagai, a small hamlet in Damadola, a village some 13km northeast of the regional headquarters, Khaar, said two loud explosions had woken them up at around 5am. One missile hit the compound while the other landed in a nearby stream, they said. The seminary was completely flattened.


 

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