The German government has said it will pay compensation to the families of civilian victims of September's NATO air strike in Afghanistan which Kabul says killed 30 civilians and 69 Taliban insurgents.
A defence ministry spokesman has said his officials had been in contact with a lawyer representing the victims' relatives. The amount of the compensation has not been disclosed.
German forces in Kunduz called in the air strike on two fuel tankers that had been seized by Taliban militants while there were civilians in the vicinity. New revelations about the air strike have been a major embarrassment to German Chancellor Merkel.
Former Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung was forced to resign from the cabinet last month over allegations that he covered up the civilian toll of the NATO strike in the weeks leading up to a federal election at the end of September. The head of Germany's armed forces has also quit over the controversy.
NATO strike on Kunduz tankers by EPA
Kunduz tankers scene by EPA
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