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5:11 am
Mon March 12, 2012

Taliban Vow Revenge For Alleged U.S. Attack On Civilians

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U.S. soldiers keep watch at the entrance of a military base near Alkozai village.
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Villagers display the bodies of those allegedly killed when an American soldier opened fire on Afghan civilians.
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Women and children are reported among the dead. President Hamid Karzai called it an "assassination."
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NATO officials apologized for the shootings but did not confirm that anyone was killed, referring instead to reports of deaths.
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The killing spree has deepened a crisis between U.S. forces and their Afghan hosts over Americans burning Muslim holy books on a base in Afghanistan.
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Bloodstains mark the spot where the villagers were allegedly shot. The attack took place in two villages in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province.
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As one woman spoke to reporters, she pulled back a blanket to reveal the body of a smaller child. A third dead child lay amid a pile of green blankets in the bed of a truck.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 8:57 am

The Taliban have vowed to avenge the deaths of 16 civilians in Afghanistan, allegedly shot by a U.S. soldier in a rampage through villages near Kandahar.

According to The Associated Press, the Afghan militia on its website called the attack a "blood-soaked and inhumane crime" and the attackers "sick-minded American savages." It promised to seek revenge "for every single martyr with the help of Allah."

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Mon March 12, 2012

Shooting Incident Is Another Blow To U.S.-Afghan Relations

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A U.S. soldier is in custody after he allegedly killed 16 Afghan villagers Sunday. The incident is one more blow to an already fragile relationship between the United States and Afghanistan. There are also questions of what the incident will do to the U.S.strategy in Afghanistan.

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