Tarnak Farm incident

Tarnak Farm incident
Part of War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Major Harry Schmidt and wife Lisa enter the Tarnak Farms Article 32 hearing room.
Date April 17, 2002 Location Kandahar, Afghanistan Result American friendly-fire airstrike
Belligerents
Canada	United States
Units involved
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	332d Aerospace Expeditionary Group
Strength
Unknown number of troops	1 F-16
Casualties and losses
4 killed 8 injured 1 anti-tank weapon 1 artillery piece	None

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.

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]