BERLIN (AP) – German opposition lawmakers called Tuesday for an investigation into reports that the country’s army and foreign intelligence agency contributed to a NATO list of Taliban targets in Afghanistan, some of whom were killed.
Citing NATO documents, German newspapers Der Spiegel and Bild have reported that Germany was among the countries that added names of insurgents to the alliance’s Joint Prioritized Effects List, or JPEL.
Germany had the third-largest contingent of troops participating in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan, which ended this year. Its participation in the mission was questioned by many in Germany, partly because it was seen as a return to the country’s militaristic past.
Jan van Aken, a lawmaker for the Left Party, called for a “comprehensive investigation” into whether information provided by the army or the foreign intelligence agency, BND, was used to kill specific individuals without trial.
“There needs to be swift clarity on whether the German army or the BND participated in targeted killings as part of the ISAF mission,” Green Party lawmaker Agnieszka Brugger said.