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Kunduz massacre goes unpunished In February, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg dismissed the appeal of Abdul Hanan, a farmer from Kunduz, against the Federal Republic of Germany over a 2009 massacre in Afghanistan. Hanan, who also appeared on behalf of his village, had filed the complaint alleging inadequate judicial investigation of the deaths of his two sons, who were eight and twelve years old when they were killed. The two children, Abdul Bayan and Nesarullah, and more than a hundred other people (the exact number has not yet been firmly establis...

European court backs Germany in case of killed Afghan civilians By Melissa Eddy Save Normal text size Advertisement Berlin: The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of Germany in a dispute with Afghan civilians who challenged the country’s investigation into a 2009 attack on oil tankers in Afghanistan that killed as many as 90 civilians. A panel of 17 judges from across Europe ruled unanimously that the German investigation into the bombing did not violate the European human rights convention. On the night of the attack, September 3, 2009, Taliban fighters hijacked two tank...