KABUL/BERLIN (Own report) - The German Bundeswehr and the
German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) are more deeply involved in
extra-judicial killings of terror suspects in Afghanistan, than was previously
known. According to reports published in the media during the final days of
2014, a German major general, who, today, is one of the defense minister's
closest advisors, had insisted in, at least one case, that ISAF "capture
or neutralize" a suspect. Contrary to German intelligence agent's false
claims, cell phone data, that the BND has been passing on to US services on a
regular basis, have been used to locate individuals for killer drone attacks.
Extra-judicial killings are largely based on intelligence shared by western
countries, including Germany, within the framework of the war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a focal point of the BND's global
activities. The German government has explicitly declared the assassination of
"enemy combatants" - even outside combat zones - to be permissible. More http://www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/fulltext/58814
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