Findings reveal 15 US troops involved in Kandahar massacre

By GHANIZADA - Sat Mar 17, 4:13 pm

Shakila Hashimi said, Three types of weapons were used while killing the civilians and the dresses of the women were taken out of their bodies.

March 11, 2011 A mourner cries over the bodies of Afghan civilians, allegedly shot by a rogue U.S. soldier, that have been loaded into the back of a truck in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province.

March 11, 2011 An Afghan youth mourns family members who were killed in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, south of Kabul. A U.S. service member is being held in the attack.
Allauddin Khan / AP

A delegation of the Afghan parliament members who visited Kandahar province said at least 15 US troops were behind the assassination of 16 Afghan villagers at Panjwai district in this province. The delegation included 5 Afghan parliament members who were sent by the Afghan House of Representatives to find out the facts behind the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians at Panjwai district. The delegation presented its findings report to the Afghan House of Representative which states that the civilians massacre was plotted where at least 15 US troops were involved.

A member of the Afghan parliament Shakila Hashimi who presented the report to the Afghan House of Representatives said false statements were given to the Afghan people by provincial governor Toryalai Weesa and US commander saying that the shooting was carried out by a single US soldier. She also added, the assassination was carried out by 2 groups of US soldiers consisting of 15 to 20 soldiers and were accompanied by 2 helicopters. Three Afghan National Army soldiers told the delegation that they were aware when the US troops left their military base.

Shakila Hashimi said, Three types of weapons were used while killing the civilians and the dresses of the women were taken out of their bodies.
The delegation urged the Afghan government and Washington that the US troops should face a public trial. According to reports US officials denied to hand over the US troops to Afghan government and said no US soldier will face trial in Afghanistan based on the agreement between the two nations. In the meantime Afghan House of Representatives said the military agreement which was signed by United States and NATO with the Afghan government during the transitional period does not have any credibility and was announced as abolished.

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March 11, 2011 Residents transport the bodies of the dead in Panjwai district.
Mustafa Khan / European Pressphoto Agency

March 11, 2011 U.S. armored vehicles are parked outside a U.S. base in Panjwai district. Officials are holding an American soldier who allegedly wandered off base and opened fire on civilians.
Ahmad Nadeem / Reuters

March 11, 2011 Afghan soldiers, left, walk past a U.S. soldier outside a military base in Panjwai, the district of Afghanistan where the shootings took place.

March 11, 2011 A man sits in the back of a truck with the bodies of several men and a child.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 11, 2011 An Afghan soldier speaks to civilians gathered outside a military base in Panjwai. Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the shootings an "assassination" and demanded an explanation from U.S. officials.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 11, 2011 A mourner cries over the bodies of Afghan civilians, allegedly shot by a rogue U.S. soldier, that have been loaded into the back of a truck in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province.
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March 11, 2011 An armored military vehicle from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force sits at right, alongside a minibus with a covered body.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 11, 2011 Afghan men investigate at the site of a shooting in Kandahar province.
Ahmad Nadeem / Reuters

March 11, 2011 An elderly man sits in a minibus next to a covered body in Kandahar province. U.S. officials are holding a soldier who wandered off base and allegedly opened fire on civilians.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 11, 2011 An Afghan youth mourns family members who were killed in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar province, south of Kabul. A U.S. service member is being held in the attack.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 11, 2011 President Obama talks on the phone with Afghan President Hamid Karzai from his vehicle outside the Jane E. Lawton Community Recreation Center in Chevy Chase. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta also called Karzai to express condolences, and he vowed to hold those responsible accountable, after an American soldier wandered off a military base and allegedly gunned down more than a dozen villagers in Afghanistan.
Pete Souza / The White House via AP

March 11, 2012 Afghan security forces stand guard outside a home where witnesses say Afghans were killed by a U.S. soldier in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 12, 2012 An Afghan child watches a security checkpoint, unseen, following Sunday's killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier in Kandahar province, south of Kabul.
Allauddin Khan / AP

March 13, 2012 Afghan protesters shout anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad province, against Sunday's shooting of at least 16 villagers by a U.S. Army staff sergeant in the volatile Afghan province of Kandahar.
Parwiz / Reuters

March 13, 2012 Afghans chant anti-U.S. slogans as they carry an effigy depicting President Obama following Sunday's killing of civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar.
Rahmat Gul / AP

March 13, 2012 Afghans chant anti-U.S. slogans as they carry an effigy depicting President Obama following Sunday's killing of civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar.
Rahmat Gul / AP

March 13, 2012 A demonstrator writes on an effigy depicting President Obama before setting it on fire following Sunday's killing of civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar, by a U.S. soldier.
Rahmat Gul / AP

March 13, 2012 Demonstrators chant anti-U.S. slogans as they carry a red cross following Sunday's killing of civilians in Panjwai, Kandahar by a U.S. soldier during a protest in Jalalabad, east of Kabul.
Rahmat Gul / AP

March 13, 2012 An Afghan protester shouts anti-U.S. slogans during a demonstration in Jalalabad province, against Sunday's shooting of at least 16 villagers by a U.S. Army staff sergeant in the volatile Afghan province of Kandahar. The shootings triggered a protest by about 2,000 students in the eastern city of Jalalabad, the first since Sunday's attack, who called for the U.S. soldier to be prosecuted by Afghan authorities in Kandahar.
Parwiz / Reuters