Zerkoh Valley

Zerkoh Valley (alternately Zirko, Zer-e-koh, Zir Koh) runs for 30 miles through Shindand District, Herat Province, Afghanistan.

On 29 April 2007, a number of Afghan civilians in Zerkoh were killed in airstrikes conducted in support of US Special Operations Forces.

Estimates of the number of dead vary, with the Afghan government claiming 42 killed, with no sign of Taliban forces.

Human Rights Watch reported the civilian dead as at least 25.

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