KABUL (Pajhwok): A court in the Netherlands has decided that Dutch forces had unlawfully bombed a resident complex in Afghanistan in 2007, ordering the state to pay financial compensation to the victims.
The District Court of The Hague found the late-night attack on a compound, which left some 20 civilians dead, violated international humanitarian law, the Associate Press reported.
The court sided with four survivors of the attack who brought a civil suit against the Dutch state for compensation.
The defense ministry claimed the buildings were being used by Taliban fighters when the military hit the walled compound, with . . .
