The drone strike occured in October 2010. PHOTO: AFP/ FILE
The drone strike was carried out in the town of Mir Ali in October 2010 against militants present in the area and killed Buenyamin E. as a result.
The federal prosecutors initiated an investigation last year to ascertain whether the death constituted a war crime under international law.
The prosecutors said on Monday that they are dropping the investigation since they don't consider the German as a civilian covered by international humanitarian law.
The Pakistani government has openly maintained an anti-drone stance, claiming that they are illegal and counterproductive.
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This is duplicity on part of the Germans. They don't care for the right of their own citizen because he has a Muslim name. So much for western liberal, secular democracy!!!
@ashar: Islamic Emirate of Pakistan
German militant? fighting for whom?
Great to read this above comment. The rest were by my blind brothers who would go to any limit to criticize Pakistan and Pakistanis.
Can anybody answer what was the German militant doing there. Are non muslims also doing Jehad these days ;)
lol, drone strike happened in 2010, in 2012 investigation was initiated, in 2013 they "dropped" the investigation, since they don't "consider" the German as a civilian covered by international humanitarian law.
Now "considering" Germany is in control of whole North region of Afghanistan, how can they "consider" the German as a civilian covered by international humanitarian law.
And all that bull crap doesn't make drone strikes legal.
German militant? fighting for whom?
Sane approach. What the heck was he doing their?
It is a shame that while Germany and other countries consider their citizens in Pakistan as jihadi terrorists and not civilians some in Pakistan has more sympathy with these extremist global jihadists! In other words our rightwing leaders and their supporters feel the pain of these foreign fighters than their own country. In fact the Germans must be happy that their rouge elements are killed by the drones before they could create any mischief in Germany.