Back غارة قندوز الجوية Arabic Letecký úder u Kundúzu Czech Kunduz-luftangrebet Danish Luftangriff bei Kundus German Bombardement de Kunduz (2009) French התקיפה האווירית בקונדוז HE Авиаудар в Омар-хейле Russian Cuộc không kích Kunduz Vietnamese
| Kunduz airstrike | |
|---|---|
| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |
| Type | Aerial attack (two GBU-38/500lb bombs)[1] |
| Location | |
| Target | Two fuel tankers |
| Date | September 4, 2009 |
| Executed by | USAF F-15E,[1] called in by German forces. |
| Casualties | Up to 200, with over 100[2] civilians killed |
The 2009 Kunduz airstrike took place on Friday 4 September 2009 at roughly 2:30 am local time,[3] 7 km (4.3 mi) southwest of Kunduz City, Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan. Responding to a call by German forces, an American F-15E fighter jet struck two fuel tankers, killing over 90 civilians in the attack.[2]
Because of the high civilian death toll, the airstrike had political repercussions, especially in Germany. In June 2010 Germany announced it would pay $5,000 to each of the families of over 100 civilian victims, as an ex gratia payment without admitting liability.[2] The former Afghan Commerce Minister Amin Farhang described the $5,000—equivalent to about 20,000 Afghanis—as a "laughable" sum.[4] Earlier, in February 2010, Germany had reclassified the Afghanistan deployment as an "armed conflict within the parameters of international law", allowing German forces to act without risk of prosecution under German law.[5]
- ^ a b Chandrasekaran, Rajiv (2009-09-05). "NATO Probing Deadly Airstrike". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
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- ^ "Afghan politician calls German air strike payouts 'laughable' - the Local". www.thelocal.de. Archived from the original on August 8, 2010.
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