BERLIN (AP) The German government has expressed regret at the killing of an Afghan translator who was waiting to move to Germany because he feared for his life.
A Defense Ministry spokesman says the unidentified man worked for the German army until January and subsequently asked for refuge inGermany.
Ministry spokesman Christian Dienst says the man was informed Nov. 2 he would be allowed to move to Germany once certain preparations had been completed.
The man was found dead in Afghanistan's Kunduz province on Sunday.
Dienst called the man's death a "regrettable incident" Monday but said it wouldn't change Germany's assessment of the situation in Kunduz. Germany handed over responsibility for security there to Afghan authorities last month.
