Kunduz Victims To Sue German Government

According to Germany's armed forces, 91 civilians were killed and 11 others wounded in the airstrike that was intended to take out Taliban insurgents in the Kunduz region of northern Afghanistan in September 2009.
Karim Popal, a lawyer who represents the families of more than 70 of the victims, told reporters in Berlin on Thursday that he planned to file the suit in the state court in Bonn next week.
The airstrike came at the request of German Bundeswehr Colonel Georg Klein, after two fuel tankers had been captured the Taliban. Klein called for the strike on the pretext that the insurgents could use the fuel trucks to attack a nearby German base. More.