Operation Burnham Afghan Family Victims Reparation Fund

The Government Inquiry into Operation Burnham - released on 31 July 2020 has made it clear that the NZDF killed civilians and lied about it in a botched raid in two Afghan villages in 2010.

After nearly a decade of denials and outright lies, the truth about Operation Burnham has been exposed: war crimes committed by NZ forces in Afghanistan. This inquiry found that the NZSAS murdered civilians, that these were not investigated and senior military leadership lied to the government about these actions.

We acknowledge that this fundraiser will not undo the damage done in our name to these families. We intend this donation as both a respectful apology for our complicity in these deaths and injuries and as a message of solidarity to the people of Afghanistan. We demand an end to NZ complicity in wars in Afghanistan and around the world.

Journalist and author Nicky Hager will oversee the dispersal of the funds to the families in Afghanistan.

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The NZ Government Official Inquiry in Operation Burnham

https://www.operationburnham.inquiry.govt.nz/

NZDF Needs To Apologise, First To The Afghan Civilians And Then To The New Zealand Public

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2007/S00423/nzdf-needs-to-apologise-first-to-the-afghan-civilians-and-then-to-the-new-zealand-public.htm

Nicky Hager welcomes the Op Burnham Inquiry report

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO2007/S00421/nicky-hager-welcomes-the-op-burnham-inquiry-report.htm

We shouldn’t have to work this hard to get transparency from our government (Meg De Ronde, Amnesty International) https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/01-08-2020/we-shouldnt-have-to-work-this-hard-to-get-transparency-from-our-government/