Tarnak Farm incident
The Tarnak Farm incident was the intentional killing, by an American Air National Guard pilot, of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight others from the Canadian Land Force's 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.