Tarnak Farm incident
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The Tarnak Farm incident is the killing, by an American Air National Guard pilot, 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.
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Tarnak Farm incident | |||||||
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Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) | |||||||
Major Harry Schmidt and wife Lisa enter the Tarnak Farms Article 32 hearing room. | |||||||
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Canada | United States | ||||||
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Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry | 332d Aerospace Expeditionary Group | ||||||
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Unknown number of troops | 1 F-16 | ||||||
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4 killed 8 injured 1 anti-tank weapon 1 artillery piece | None |
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A United States 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.[1]