Tarnak Farm incident
The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) on the night of April 17, 2002, near Kandahar, Afghanistan. An American F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230 kg) bomb on the Canadians, who were conducting a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. The deaths were the first of Canada's war in Afghanistan, and the first in a combat zone since the Korean War.
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Tarnak Farm incident
The Tarnak Farm incident refers to the killing of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Battle Group (3PPCLIBG) on the night of April 17, 2002, near Kandahar, Afghanistan. An American F-16 fighter jet piloted by Air National Guard Major Harry Schmidt dropped a laser-guided 500-pound (230 kg) bomb on the Canadians, who were conducting a night firing exercise at Tarnak Farms. The deaths were the first of Canada's war in Afghanistan, and the first in a combat zone since the Korean War.
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Het Tarnak Farm-incident is ee ...... ijke oefening bij Tarnak Farm.
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The Tarnak Farm incident refer ...... bat zone since the Korean War.
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Friendly fireAmerican airstrik ...... ght Canadian soldiers wounded.
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Maj. Harry Schmidt and wife Lisa enter the Tarnak Farms Article 32 hearing room.
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Het Tarnak Farm-incident is ee ...... ijke oefening bij Tarnak Farm.
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The Tarnak Farm incident refer ...... bat zone since the Korean War.
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