Afghanistan Killings
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Gunmen Kill 15 Civilians Travelling in Central Afghanistan
Suspected Taliban gunmen stopped two vehicles in central Afghanistan and shot dead 15 passengers at the side of the road, officials said on Friday, in the latest attack to highlight the growing civilian toll from violence.
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US soldier charged with 17 murders over Afghan village massacre
The US soldier accused of an Afghan village massacre that further strained already-frayed Afghan-US ties was charged with 17 premeditated murders on Friday, although he may not be tried for two years.
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Suspect in Afghan killings remembers little: Lawyer
Army Staff Sargent Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time shooting rampage, his lawyer says. He has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan...
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Wife of accused soldier kept blog on anguish of Army life
She detailed her pregnancy, with her husband a world away. She described the knot she got in her stomach from missing him. She wrote of her disappointment after he was passed over for a promotion. But mostly, Karilyn Bales - the wife of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last week - relayed the simple anguis...
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Gunmen Kill 15 Civilians Travelling in Central Afghanistan
Suspected Taliban gunmen stopped two vehicles in central Afghanistan and shot dead 15 passengers at the side of the road, officials said on Friday, in the latest attack to highlight the growing civilian toll from violence.
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US soldier charged with 17 murders over Afghan village massacre
The US soldier accused of an Afghan village massacre that further strained already-frayed Afghan-US ties was charged with 17 premeditated murders on Friday, although he may not be tried for two years.
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Suspect in Afghan killings remembers little: Lawyer
Army Staff Sargent Robert Bales remembers little about the night he is accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a night-time shooting rampage, his lawyer says. He has a sketchy memory of events from before and after the killings but recalls very little or nothing of the time the military believes he went on a shooting spree through two Afghan...
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Wife of accused soldier kept blog on anguish of Army life
She detailed her pregnancy, with her husband a world away. She described the knot she got in her stomach from missing him. She wrote of her disappointment after he was passed over for a promotion. But mostly, Karilyn Bales - the wife of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last week - relayed the simple anguis...
