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German court rejects compensation claim over Afghan air strike deaths
Source: Reuters
German court rejects compensation claim over Afghan air strike deaths
BONN Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:10am EST
(Reuters) - A German court on Wednesday threw out a compensation claim by relatives of the scores of civilians killed in a 2009 German-ordered NATO attack in Afghanistan, ruling that the commander who ordered the strike did not act negligently.
The commander, Georg Klein, had called in a U.S. fighter jet to strike two fuel trucks north of Kunduz city, which NATO believed had been hijacked by Taliban insurgents.
The Afghan government said 99 people, including 30 civilians, were killed in the strike. Independent rights groups estimated between 60 and 70 civilians died.
"The chamber is convinced ... that the then commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunduz did not act in dereliction of his duty. In ordering the strike he did not violate the norms of international law to protect the civilian population," the Bonn regional court said in a statement.
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BONN Wed Dec 11, 2013 10:10am EST
(Reuters) - A German court on Wednesday threw out a compensation claim by relatives of the scores of civilians killed in a 2009 German-ordered NATO attack in Afghanistan, ruling that the commander who ordered the strike did not act negligently.
The commander, Georg Klein, had called in a U.S. fighter jet to strike two fuel trucks north of Kunduz city, which NATO believed had been hijacked by Taliban insurgents.
The Afghan government said 99 people, including 30 civilians, were killed in the strike. Independent rights groups estimated between 60 and 70 civilians died.
"The chamber is convinced ... that the then commander of the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunduz did not act in dereliction of his duty. In ordering the strike he did not violate the norms of international law to protect the civilian population," the Bonn regional court said in a statement.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/11/us-germany-afghanistan-compensation-idUSBRE9BA0PI20131211
