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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:48 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Rick Rozoff" rwrozoff
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Pajhwok Afghan News
December 30, 2012
Kunduz survivors seek compensation: lawyer
KUNDUZ CITY: Relatives of those killed and wounded in a September 2009 NATO airstrike in northern Kunduz province have sought $4.4 million in compensation from the perpetrators, a lawyer for the survivors said, a claim denied by families of the victims.
The deadly airstrike on Sept. 4, 2009 had been carried out by German troops based in the province. The aircraft targeted two fuel tankers that had been hijacked by Taliban fighters in the Omarkhel village of the Chardara district.
As the trucks stuck in mud, rebels called on residents to empty fuel into jerry canes. A large number of residents rushed to the site to take fuel home. More than 100 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded when the jets dropped bombs on the crowd.
Abdul Hanan, who lost his two teenage sons and a brother to the incident, said though he was a poor farmer, yet he was not ready to sell the blood of his slain relatives.
After the incident, foreign troops paid $5,000 to each family of those dead. Later, German forces and the United Nations Human Rights commissioner.
“We have told them that we only want the individuals who ordered the airstrike to be punished,” he said.
The defence lawyer for the families, Karim Popal, has recently said in a statement that the survivors had sought $4.4 million in compensation from the German government.
Noor Jan, 30, who lost his left arm in the airstrike, said it was difficult for him to work on farms. "I have several times approached the provincial labour department for help, but in vain," he said.
Germany has 4,300 soldiers in Afghanistan stationed in the country's north. So far 53 German soldiers have been killed since the Afghan war began 10 years ago.
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Pajhwok Afghan News
December 30, 2012
Kunduz survivors seek compensation: lawyer
KUNDUZ CITY: Relatives of those killed and wounded in a September 2009 NATO airstrike in northern Kunduz province have sought $4.4 million in compensation from the perpetrators, a lawyer for the survivors said, a claim denied by families of the victims.
The deadly airstrike on Sept. 4, 2009 had been carried out by German troops based in the province. The aircraft targeted two fuel tankers that had been hijacked by Taliban fighters in the Omarkhel village of the Chardara district.
As the trucks stuck in mud, rebels called on residents to empty fuel into jerry canes. A large number of residents rushed to the site to take fuel home. More than 100 people were killed and dozens of others were wounded when the jets dropped bombs on the crowd.
Abdul Hanan, who lost his two teenage sons and a brother to the incident, said though he was a poor farmer, yet he was not ready to sell the blood of his slain relatives.
After the incident, foreign troops paid $5,000 to each family of those dead. Later, German forces and the United Nations Human Rights commissioner.
“We have told them that we only want the individuals who ordered the airstrike to be punished,” he said.
The defence lawyer for the families, Karim Popal, has recently said in a statement that the survivors had sought $4.4 million in compensation from the German government.
Noor Jan, 30, who lost his left arm in the airstrike, said it was difficult for him to work on farms. "I have several times approached the provincial labour department for help, but in vain," he said.
Germany has 4,300 soldiers in Afghanistan stationed in the country's north. So far 53 German soldiers have been killed since the Afghan war began 10 years ago.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:48 pm (PST) . Posted by:
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Radio Poland
December 22, 2012
Three Polish soldiers wounded in Afghanistan
Three Polish soldiers were injured on Saturday morning after coming under attack in the province of Ghazni, eastern Afghanistan.
The incident took place while the soldiers were on a routine patrol in the southwestern part of the province.
The ministry states that unidentified “rebels” opened fire on the soldiers, and the Poles then sought to defend themselves.
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Polish forces have been stationed in Afghanistan since 2002, just months after the Taliban regime was compelled to abandon the capital, Kabul, in November 2001, under heavy attack from American forces.
To date, there have been 37 Polish casualties, including one medic.
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Radio Poland
December 22, 2012
Three Polish soldiers wounded in Afghanistan
Three Polish soldiers were injured on Saturday morning after coming under attack in the province of Ghazni, eastern Afghanistan.
The incident took place while the soldiers were on a routine patrol in the southwestern part of the province.
The ministry states that unidentified “rebels” opened fire on the soldiers, and the Poles then sought to defend themselves.
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Polish forces have been stationed in Afghanistan since 2002, just months after the Taliban regime was compelled to abandon the capital, Kabul, in November 2001, under heavy attack from American forces.
To date, there have been 37 Polish casualties, including one medic.
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Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:32 pm (PST) . Posted by:
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Itar-Tass
December 30, 2012
Russian large landing ship heads for Syrian Tartus
MOSCOW: The large landing ship Novocherkassk of the Russian Black Sea Fleet left the Novorossiysk naval base and is heading for the Syrian port of Tartus, a source from the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has told Tass.
The Novocherkassk is expected to sail through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles into the Aegean Sea on Monday, December 31. It carries marines and several units of military hardware.
The large landing ship, accompanied by a combat ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, is expected to arrive at the maintenance base of the Russian Navy in the Syrian port of Tartus in the first week of January, the source said.
He reminded the interlocutor that two more large landing ships, the Azov and the Nikolai Filchenkov, sailed through the straits and into the Aegean Sea on December 28 and joined a group of Black Sea Fleet ships.
From that area, the Russian landing ships with marines and military hardware on board headed for Tartus accompanied by the guided missile cruiser Moskva. They are expected to arrive in Tartus within the next few days.
“Thus, the large landing ship Novocherkassk has become the third landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet that will call at Syria’s Tartus in January,” the source summed up.
Itar-Tass
December 30, 2012
Russian large landing ship heads for Syrian Tartus
MOSCOW: The large landing ship Novocherkassk of the Russian Black Sea Fleet left the Novorossiysk naval base and is heading for the Syrian port of Tartus, a source from the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces has told Tass.
The Novocherkassk is expected to sail through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles into the Aegean Sea on Monday, December 31. It carries marines and several units of military hardware.
The large landing ship, accompanied by a combat ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, is expected to arrive at the maintenance base of the Russian Navy in the Syrian port of Tartus in the first week of January, the source said.
He reminded the interlocutor that two more large landing ships, the Azov and the Nikolai Filchenkov, sailed through the straits and into the Aegean Sea on December 28 and joined a group of Black Sea Fleet ships.
From that area, the Russian landing ships with marines and military hardware on board headed for Tartus accompanied by the guided missile cruiser Moskva. They are expected to arrive in Tartus within the next few days.
“Thus, the large landing ship Novocherkassk has become the third landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet that will call at Syria’s Tartus in January,” the source summed up.
