The highest army officer and a high-ranking German defense ministry had resigned because of reports that the military withheld information about an air strike in September, which killed many civilians in Afghanistan.Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg said on Thursday General Wolfgang Schneiderhan and the Deputy Minister of Defense Peter Wichert have filed their vacation.The members of parliament from the opposition also called for vacation Franz Josef Jung, the defense minister at the time that the air attacks. However, Jung defended himself, saying he had told the public and the parliament all he knew about the incident.The question is that of a German commander of NATO air strikes called against Taliban militants in the northern Kunduz province, who seized two fuel trucks. Commission who was appointed the government of Afghanistan says 69 Taliban and 30 civilians were killed in the attack.
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