Johnny Asia
2012-03-18 04:03:29 UTC
The Wolesi Jirgas, or lower house of Parliament, delegation
investigating the Kandahar shootings by US troops said besides killing
16 civilians, the soldiers sexually assaulted them.
On the ill-fated Sunday, US troops shot 16 civilians, including nine
children and three women, and injured five others when they opened
fire on houses in Zangabad village, in Panjwai district.
Some of the victims bodies were later set on fire.
http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/03/17/probe-team-women-sexually-assaulted-killing-panjwai
Probe team: Women sexually assaulted before killing in Panjwai
by Absin ZaheeronMar 17, 2012 - 13:13
KABUL (PAN): US soldiers were alleged to have sexually assaulted two
female victims before they were killed in the Panjwai massacre in
southern Kandahar last Sunday, a high-level Afghan probe team
revealed.
The Wolesi Jirgas, or lower house of Parliament, delegation
investigating the Kandahar shootings by US troops said besides killing
16 civilians, the soldiers sexually assaulted them.
On the ill-fated Sunday, US troops shot 16 civilians, including nine
children and three women, and injured five others when they opened
fire on houses in Zangabad village, in Panjwai district.
Some of the victims bodies were later set on fire.
The Wolesi Jirga members jointly probing the Panjwai episode, along
with a government team, on Saturday presented their chilling findings
to the general session of the Parliament.
MP Hamidzai Lali, representing Kandahar province and a delegation
member, said before the gun attack, US soldiers physically manhandled
the two women and later turned their weapons on the helpless
residents.
Shakiba Hashami, another delegation member, confirmed the vicious
attack, adding about 15 to 20 American soldiers were involved in the
killings and even helicopters were seen hovering the areas.
Quoting local residents, Hashami, said ahead of the Sunday tragedy,
there was a blast in the area and foreign troops had warned of revenge
killings.
The Afghan Parliamentarians strongly condemned the incident and
demanded a public trial for the perpetrators.
US officials had claimed a mentally unstable soldier was responsible
for the killings and pledged to put him on trial. Recent media reports
said the suspect, in his late 30s, was initially transferred to Kuwait
and later flown to the US where he is being interrogated.
investigating the Kandahar shootings by US troops said besides killing
16 civilians, the soldiers sexually assaulted them.
On the ill-fated Sunday, US troops shot 16 civilians, including nine
children and three women, and injured five others when they opened
fire on houses in Zangabad village, in Panjwai district.
Some of the victims bodies were later set on fire.
http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/03/17/probe-team-women-sexually-assaulted-killing-panjwai
Probe team: Women sexually assaulted before killing in Panjwai
by Absin ZaheeronMar 17, 2012 - 13:13
KABUL (PAN): US soldiers were alleged to have sexually assaulted two
female victims before they were killed in the Panjwai massacre in
southern Kandahar last Sunday, a high-level Afghan probe team
revealed.
The Wolesi Jirgas, or lower house of Parliament, delegation
investigating the Kandahar shootings by US troops said besides killing
16 civilians, the soldiers sexually assaulted them.
On the ill-fated Sunday, US troops shot 16 civilians, including nine
children and three women, and injured five others when they opened
fire on houses in Zangabad village, in Panjwai district.
Some of the victims bodies were later set on fire.
The Wolesi Jirga members jointly probing the Panjwai episode, along
with a government team, on Saturday presented their chilling findings
to the general session of the Parliament.
MP Hamidzai Lali, representing Kandahar province and a delegation
member, said before the gun attack, US soldiers physically manhandled
the two women and later turned their weapons on the helpless
residents.
Shakiba Hashami, another delegation member, confirmed the vicious
attack, adding about 15 to 20 American soldiers were involved in the
killings and even helicopters were seen hovering the areas.
Quoting local residents, Hashami, said ahead of the Sunday tragedy,
there was a blast in the area and foreign troops had warned of revenge
killings.
The Afghan Parliamentarians strongly condemned the incident and
demanded a public trial for the perpetrators.
US officials had claimed a mentally unstable soldier was responsible
for the killings and pledged to put him on trial. Recent media reports
said the suspect, in his late 30s, was initially transferred to Kuwait
and later flown to the US where he is being interrogated.