Photo Gallery Hunting the Taliban
The Afghanistan war logs obtained by WikiLeaks revealed the existence of a secret US Taliban "capture or kill" team called Task Force 373. Now SPIEGEL has learned that the German government provided names to the hit list used by the elite unit. At least one of the men is now dead.
The Afghanistan war logs obtained by WikiLeaks revealed the existence of a secret US Taliban "capture or kill" team called Task Force 373. Now SPIEGEL has learned that the German government provided names to the hit list used by the elite unit. This photo shows a raid by US special forces and Afghan soldiers in Farah province in October 2009.
Foto: ASSOCIATED PRESS/ Maya Alleruzzo
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (left), former inspector-general of the Bundeswehr, allegedly withheld information on the target killing of Taliban in the German zone from then-Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung.
Foto: ? Tobias Schwarz / Reuters/ REUTERS
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