The Nangar Khel incident took place when a patrol of the Polish soldiers from the elite 18th Airborne-Assault Battalion fired four shells from a 60 mm mortar at the Afghan village, resulting in the deaths of six civilians, including a pregnant woman and a child, and seriously injured three other civilians. On July 6, 2008, prosecutors ended the investigation and sent an indictment against two officers, two non-commissioned officers and three privates to the Court, accusing them of committing a war crime of unlawfully targeting civilians in a reprisal. The trial began in February 2009. The Author had taught humanitarian law to the accused soldiers during preparations for the mission and also claims that they are innocent.
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