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04.09.20

Shadow Wars

Eleven airstrikes. 117 people dead. More than 70 children killed.

A five-month collaborative OSINT investigation reveals the devastating reality of the US air war in Afghanistan

03.06.20

Shadow Wars

The families paying the price for the war in Afghanistan

There is a deeply worrying lack of transparency around civilian casualties in Afghanistan almost 20 years after US operations began

03.06.20

Shadow Wars

Finding the faces of Afghanistan's slaughtered civilians

The Bureau and Bellingcat spent two months uncovering mounds of evidence from a list of 21 strikes believed to have killed civilians

29.10.19

Shadow Wars

Almost 40 strikes every day in Afghanistan last month

The air war in Afghanistan is intensifying following the failure of the US-Taliban peace negotiations

16.10.19

Shadow Wars

Rare admission of guilt from US for killing Afghan child in air strike

US military has admitted a strike in October killed a child. To our knowledge, the US has only admitted six civilian deaths so far this year, despite allegations of many more

11.09.19

Shadow Wars

US strikes in Afghanistan rose by half before Taliban peace talks collapsed

The air war in Afghanistan intensified in August. Whether this trend will continue remains to be seen, with Taliban talks collapsing and Trump's national security advisor out.

31.07.19

Shadow Wars

Threefold rise in civilian casualties from US air strikes in Afghanistan

Hundreds more Afghan civilians are being killed or injured by US air strikes as the allied forces step up the aerial campaign against the Taliban

03.06.19

Shadow Wars

In video: How US "good guys" wiped out an Afghan family

This is the evidence which helped the Bureau together with the New York Times' Visual Investigations Unit prove the US carried out a strike which locals say killed eleven children

03.06.19

Shadow Wars

One bomb. 11 children killed. And the evidence that led to the US

We proved in the face of US denial that its military carried out an airstrike that killed seven children, their mother and four young cousins in Afghanistan

02.05.19

Shadow Wars

Pentagon report: 120 civilians killed in operations abroad

The figure is lower than those recorded by other organisations. The new report shows an improvement in military openness about overseas operations, but there is still a transparency gap

08.02.19

Shadow Wars

CIA-backed Afghan unit accused of atrocities is able to call in air strikes

The Bureau has evidence showing an Afghan special forces unit backed by the CIA is committing abuses and its on-the-ground activities are supported by US air strikes

02.01.19

Shadow Wars

In photos: When a US strike hits a family home

US aircraft are regularly hitting buildings in Afghanistan as the war escalates, even though this is known to cause civilian casualties. This is how one such strike affected an Afghan family

20.12.18

Shadow Wars

US air strike data from Afghanistan takes step back in transparency

The US military has stopped publishing important information on its strikes in Afghanistan just two months after deciding to release it

01.12.18

Shadow Wars

Concern over civilian casualties as US hits 66 buildings

Newly released data from the US military shows that over 60 buildings were hit last month despite long-standing concerns that these kinds of strikes cause civilian casualties

11.10.18

Shadow Wars

US strikes causing civilian casualties more than double in Afghanistan

The UN has found civilian casualties from strikes have risen by 39 per cent, with the US responsible for over half of these

05.10.18

Shadow Wars

​ US ends blackout on Afghan air strike data

The US has publishing detailed information about its airstrikes in Afghanistan following a blackout reported by the Bureau

02.05.18

Shadow Wars

US mulls more secrecy on drones

Trump administration considering overturning a key Obama-era policy that sought to make counter-terrorism operations more transparent, even as it ramps them up.

14.03.18

Shadow Wars

Trump’s Pentagon ups secrecy around US air wars

The Bureau explores how President Trump's administration is becoming less transparent on its rules of engagement for overseas wars

19.01.18

Drone Warfare

Trump's first year in numbers: Strikes triple in Yemen and Somalia

161 strikes were launched in Yemen and Somalia during Trump's first year in office, triple the number carried out the year before.

19.12.17

Drone Warfare

US counter terror air strikes double in Trump's first year

We take a look at strikes during Trump's first year in office

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