Arrogance of the Coalition

Among the 90 killed in air attack coalition forces of 4 September kidnapped two truck with oil, 60 to 70 were civilians, said today in the first independent report on the number of dead.


The report was published a group of Afghan non-governmental human rights monitoring (ARM) based in Kabul, and is based on interviews with more than a dozen local residents Čar Dara area of Kunduz province, told the Reuters. ARM points out that even if all the supporters of Taliban were killed, the fact that most of them were unarmed and not involved in the conflict does not justify their mass murder. According to the report, but civilians were killed and more than 10 armed men. NATO forces on 4 September in the northern province of Kunduz launched air strikes on two trucks with fuel tanks that were hijacked Taliban. The attack destroyed a large number of civilians who were gathered around a truck at the time of the attack. Afghan authorities reported the attack and said that many people were killed, but no figures were given. Provincial authorities have published contradictory data on the victims, while the International Committee of the Red Cross announced that it is very difficult to give any figures because many bodies were completely burnt. Coalition forces, whose attack was condemned several European countries, officials at a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers which was held on 4 September in Stockholm, opened an investigation into the attack, which has not yet concluded, but the possibility that there were civilian casualties is not rejected. German units, with 4,000 who patrol the province, have announced that approval for construction of air attacks, confirmed a German commander. The aim of the attack, according to NATO, the Taliban who were kidnapped truck with fuel. German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung stood yesterday in defense of their forces in Afghanistan, pointing out that the air strike was absolutely necessary and do not understand how someone can be so quick to criticize any military action, and that is not familiar with stuacijom on the ground or the background of these information.