Wounded Knee refers to a tragic event that took place on December 29, 1890, in South Dakota. U.S. Army troops surrounded a camp of Lakota Sioux, and during an attempted disarmament, violence erupted. More than 250 Lakota men, women, and children were killed, making it one of the deadliest massacres in Native American history. Wounded Knee marked the end of the so-called Indian Wars and became a powerful symbol of Indigenous suffering and resistance. Today, it is remembered as a turning point tha

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The Twin Massacres of Qala-i-Jangi and Dasht-i-Leili occurred 22 years ago during November and December of 2001, following the fall of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan. The massacres saw the cold blooded murder of up to 5000 prisoners by US forces, their allied Afghan forces, with alleged involvement of British forces. Survivors have referred to it as the largest mass killing of prisoners in US history. As the Taliban government fell in 2001, nearly 8000 Taliban soldiers surrendered after being pr