Dutch government won't appeal ruling regarding unlawful bombing of Afghanistan complex in 2007

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A court found that the Netherlands' bombing of a complex in Afghanistan violated international humanitarian law. The Dutch government will not appeal the ruling.

in Afghanistan at the time and were fighting the Taliban in a battle for control of the Chora Valley some 310 miles southwest of the capital, Kabul.

Netherlands' Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren attends the Summit of the Joint Expeditionary Force in Riga, Latvia, on Dec. 19, 2022. The Dutch government claims it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a complex in Afghanistan in 2007. However, some 12 hours had elapsed since the last time the Taliban used the location as a firing position when the bombing occurred, and judges concluded that the military did not have enough information to designate the compound as a military target.

In a letter to lawmakers Friday, Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said that 15 years after the attack, the ministry"does not have any further or additional information to substantiate the fact that the quala was a military target at that time."

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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