Families of the Afghan people who lost their lives in the Kandahar massacre have been paid compensation. The US military gave $46,000 for each person killed, and $10,000 for each person injured, Afghan officials and tribal elders say. US staff sergeant Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Meanwhile, eight [...]
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales suspected of killing civilians in Afghanistan will be charged with 17 counts of murder, according to US officials. Robert Bales, 38, is accused of attacking the villagers in their homes in Kandahar province on 11 March. Most victims were women and children. He was later moved to a military prison in [...]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the Kandahar massacre of 16 civilians by an American soldier. The US soldier accused of the Kandahar massacre is on his way to the US from Kuwait, where he was being held, and is expected to face a military tribunal [...]
The American soldier who shot dead 16 civilians, including women and children, in Afghanistan on Sunday has been flown to Kuwait, US officials say. Afghan MPs have demanded that the man be tried in Afghanistan, but the scenario is very unlikely. Meanwhile an Afghan man who crashed a lorry at an airfield as the US [...]
President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after 16 civilians were shot dead by a U.S. soldier. In a near-simultaneous announcement, the Afghan Taliban said it was suspending nascent peace talks with the United States seen as a strong chance to end the country’s decade-long [...]
Afghan militants have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians. Two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers and several top security officials are in the delegation in Panjwai in Kandahar province. Afghan forces are returning fire and it is unclear whether there are any casualties. The [...]
NATO troops in Afghanistan have been placed on high alert after the Taliban militants vowed to avenge the deaths of 16 innocent civilians killed by a rogue U.S. soldier who opened fire in Kandahar province early Sunday morning. US officials warned of reprisals after the soldier went on a rampage in villages near a base in [...]
Sixteen Afghan civilians, including nine children and three women, have been shot dead by a US soldier in Afghanistan entering their homes in Kandahar province. The soldier opened fire after suffering a “mental breakdown” early this morning. He reportedly left his base early in the morning to attack village homes. The White House voiced “deep [...]
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