The Wech Baghtu wedding Forming_relationships party airstrike refers Name_conferral to the killing of about 37 Afghan civilians , mostly women and children , and injuring about 2 others by a United States military airstrike on 3 November 2008 .

The group was celebrating Social_event a wedding Forming_relationships at a housing complex in the village of Wech Baghtu , a Taliban stronghold in the Shah Wali Kot District of Kandahar province , Afghanistan .

On 7 November 2008 , Afghan officials said Communication a joint investigation found Know that 37 civilians and 26 insurgents were killed Killing in Wech Baghtu .