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|subdivision_name1      = [[Kunar Province]]
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'''Mano Gai''' or '''Manogai''' is a small town and capital of [[Dara-I-Pech District]] in [[Kunar Province]], in eastern [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[http://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=9129879&fid=142&c=afghanistan Geographic Names], [[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency]], accessed 28 April 2011</ref><ref>[http://www.aims.org.af/maps/district/kunar/pech.pdf www.aims.org.af] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315230326/http://www.aims.org.af/maps/district/kunar/pech.pdf |date=2006-03-15 }}</ref> It lies on the confluence of several rivers.
<ref name="IntelCenterPublishing2008">{{cite book|author1=IntelCenter|author2=Tempest Publishing|title=IntelCenter Terrorism Incident Reference (TIR): Afghanistan, 2000-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xksAcyvH4UYC&pg=PA208|accessdate=28 April 2011|date=24 April 2008|publisher=Tempest Publishing|isbn=978-0-9665437-8-0|page=208}}</ref>
On March 1, 2011, it was subject to the [[Mano Gai airstrike]], killing nine boys aged 8–14 through gun fire from [[NATO]] helicopters while collecting firewood for their family.<ref>{{cite news|author=AP |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1503379.ece |title=News / International : Afghan protesters rally against civilian deaths |publisher=The Hindu|accessdate=28 April 2011|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/03/gen-petraeus-confirms-nato-troops-killed-nine-children/ |title=Channel 6 News » Gen. Petraeus confirms NATO troops killed nine children |publisher=Channel6newsonline.com |accessdate=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307032523/http://channel6newsonline.com/2011/03/gen-petraeus-confirms-nato-troops-killed-nine-children/ |archivedate=7 March 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/18b5d98ed5cb4e53b7bf6faf52876874/AS--Afghanistan/ |title=Afghans say they've arrested suspected mastermind of UN attack that killed 7 foreign staff |publisher=The Republic |accessdate=28 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130204104132/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/18b5d98ed5cb4e53b7bf6faf52876874/AS--Afghanistan/ |archivedate=4 February 2013 }}</ref> The next day hundreds of Afghan villagers protested the killing chanting slogans against the [[United States]] and the Afghan government as they marched to the bombing site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/afghan_bomb/2325435.html |title=ISAF Apologizes For Killing Afghan Children In Air Strike - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011 |publisher=Rferl.org |accessdate=28 April 2011}}</ref>
In recent times, a 12 kilometre road project connecting Mano Gai to [[Chapa Dara District]] has been planned at an estimated cost of US$3.8 million.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110721043423/https://www.cimicweb.org/Documents/CFC%20AFG%20Infrastructure%20Archive/Afghanistan%20Infrastructure%20Newsletter%2001-31%20August.pdf www.cimicweb.org]</ref>
A radio station, the “Voice of the Pech”, employing local reporters and radio personalities, was established in Mano Gai in 2010.<ref>
[http://www.cjtf82.com/en/regional-command-east-news-mainmenu-401/2237-voice-of-the-pech-connects-manogai-residents-.html ‘Voice of the Pech’ connects Manogai residents], Airborne</ref>
==References==
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{{Kunar Province}}
[[Category:Populated places in Kunar Province]]
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