Afghan Presidential Palace on the 11th issued a statement saying U.S. soldiers deliberately shot and killed 16 civilians in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai expressed the Digital thermometer strongest condemnation, that this is an act of murder.
The statement said: "Afghan President Hamid Karzai, NATO soldiers in Kandahar province early this morning shot and killed civilians in the event that the strongest condemnation of the Afghan government has consistently condemned the NATO military operations that caused civilian casualties, but the U.S. soldiers deliberately killed 16 Afghan civilians is murder. "
The Afghan Defense Ministry issued a statement condemning the incident, "I hope that the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) as soon as possible to bring the perpetrators to justice.
According to local government officials in Kandahar province, on the 11th morning, a U.S. soldier broke into several houses in a village in the province Jack Pan Wye area near the U.S. military base opened fire to the house of civilians solenoid valve, including women and children The 16 civilians were killed.
The NATO Zhue International Security Assistance Force that morning, said in a statement: "A U.S. soldier was arrested this morning in connection manufacture of civilians shot dead U.S. troops in Afghanistan with the Afghan authorities in Kandahar province and this an investigation into the incident, relevant information will be announced at the appropriate time. "
At the same time, Adrian Bradshaw, deputy commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on the 11th of this event expressed regret and promised to investigate and severely punish the perpetrators.
Jacobson, the NATO Zhue International Security Assistance Force spokesman, at a news conference, said: is not today's events and protests over the past few weeks with the present situation, with individual behavior we are investigating vibrating screed the motive of the perpetrators. "
Hayden, White House National Security Council spokesman, the same day that the White House is very concerned about the Afghan civilians were shot event, to follow developments.
On Feb. 21, the Afghan national outbreak of large-scale protests, protest the U.S. military at Bagram Air Base to the burning of the Koran, there are two U.S. military advisers and four U.S. soldiers shot during the protests continued to be Afghans.
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