US soldier goes rogue kills 10 in Kandahar

[6644kp]

A US soldier in Afghanistan has killed 10 civilians and wounded five in Kandahar province after suffering a breakdown, officials say.
He left his military base in the early hours of the morning and opened fire after entering local homes; women and children are said to be among the dead.
Nato said it was investigating the "deeply regrettable incident".
Anti-US sentiment is already high in Afghanistan after US soldiers burnt copies of the Koran last month.
US officials have apologised repeatedly for the incident at a Nato base in Kabul, but they failed to quell a series of protests and attacks that killed at least 30 people and six US troops.
Local people have reportedly gathered near the base in Panjwai district to protest about Sunday's killings, and the US embassy is advising against travel to the area.
Investigation The soldier, who has not been named, is said to have suffered a nervous breakdown.

He walked off his base at around 03:00 local time (22:30 GMT Saturday).
According to a resident quoted by Associated Press, he opened fire in three separate houses in the village of Alkozai.
"I heard gunshots and then silence and then gunshots again," Abdul Baqi said.
Local tribal leaders said women and children were among the dead.
A delegation from the provincial governor's office has arrived in the village to determine what has happened, a spokesman said.
After carrying out the killings, the soldier reportedly handed himself over to the US military authorities.
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said in a statement that US officials in Afghanistan would work with their Afghan counterparts to investigate what happened.
"This is a deeply regrettable incident and we extend our thoughts and concerns to the families involved," Isaf added.
Meanwhile, in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government still expects to sign a strategic partnership with the United States in the next couple of months.
In a televised speech, he said discussions would continue on the precise role the US will play in Afghanistan after Nato hands over security responsibility to Kabul at the end of 2014.
On Friday, Kabul and Washington reached a deal to transfer US-run prisons in the country to Afghan control.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17330205


Things are just getting worse in Afghanistan, I wonder how the population is going to react after the news goes out that an American soldier has murdererd women and childeren in a senseless killing spree.

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

He had a breakdown so its nobodys fault.His mind went due to stress.
He should have shown signs of odd behavious though and been helped by a therapist perhaps.
America should pull out and let them either sink or swim.

[MathiasOfAthens]

He had a breakdown so its nobodys fault.His mind went due to stress.
He should have shown signs of odd behavious though and been helped by a therapist perhaps.
America should pull out and let them either sink or swim.

All the afghans heard was "America killed a bunch of kids and women", They wont care that he was ed up.

[florin87]

it is someone's fault as long as the army has psychologists that are supposed to prevent this kind of things from happening

[Closetu]

collateral damage, he'll probably just get a slap on the wrist

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

Maybe a few yrs in a mad house getting filled with anti psycotic drugs.
Sorry for all the victims of his outburst.Hope his mind gets fixed also.

[YukonTrooper]

Horrible. If it was just men, that would be one thing, but if women and children were killed, yikes. Especially with wounds already fresh and gaping from the urinating and Qur'an incidents, this might get intense.

Ugh, I feel bad for everyone involved in this over there. The tension and frustration is impossible to imagine. I can hear the train derailing at this point.

[Tiberios]

A tragedy. Nothing good wil come of this and especially not so soon after the Koran incident.

collateral damage, he'll probably just get a slap on the wrist

Yeah, it's not like the US has ever prosecuted soldiers that have done things like this.

[Holger Danske]

A tragedy. Nothing good wil come of this and so soon after the Koran incident.



Yeah, it's not like the US has ever prosecuted soldiers that have done things like this.

Afghanistan is a lost cause. The best thing ISAF can do is determine which part of the country is salvageable and then split it up so that the sane Afghans can get a chance of a decent life while the rest can rot. UCAVs will of cause constantly observe them and bombard them if they try to do anything.

[Tiberios]

Afghanistan is a lost cause. The best thing ISAF can do is determine which part of the country is salvageable and then split it up so that the sane Afghans can get a chance of a decent life while the rest can rot. UCAVs will of cause constantly observe them and bombard them if they try to do anything.

Possibly. Doesn't look like anything good will come out of this.

[6644kp]

Afghanistan is a lost cause. The best thing ISAF can do is determine which part of the country is salvageable and then split it up so that the sane Afghans can get a chance of a decent life while the rest can rot. UCAVs will of cause constantly observe them and bombard them if they try to do anything.

The Pashtun south is a lost cause. The North should just declare independence with Kabul as its captial and the South can remain as Afghanistan with Kandahar as their capital and they can wage as much tribal warfare as their hearts desire.

Even back in '92 it was the Pashtun leader Hekmatyar and his Pakistani allies who did not want to be part of a government of national unity and pressed to their own dictatorship and when they got beaten by the Tajik government of Massoud and Rabbani in Kabul they started to fire rocket artillery indiscrimately on Kabul. Even now Karzai is corrupt as all hell and other pashtun tribes support the pashtun taliban.

I say afghanistan let the north which is redeemable become independant and they south can go to hell.

[jankren]

Horrible. If it was just men, that would be one thing, but if women and children were killed, yikes.

Thats just one of the stupidest comments.

If anything, men are a lot more useful to the world than women.

[hellheaven1987]

I have a great plan; why don't we gather all those mad men and send them to chase Kony?

[6644kp]

another ing war hero

[Habelo]

They are being to kind to the civilians. They are rebelling and still they have their lives intact... i mean wtf?

[Ketnix]

They are being to kind to the civilians. They are rebelling and still they have their lives intact... i mean wtf?

Wait wut?

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

Wait wut?

just got real

[Ketnix]

just got real

Touche.

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

Too much Battlefield 3
I played for too long and went to the shop and at the till i tried to reload my gun then realized i had no gun and had actually went outside.
Then i realized i had not gone out after all and i was just in a shop in a game.

[NotYetRegistered]

If it was just men, that would be one thing, but if women and children were killed, yikes

????

Anyway, too bad. How often does this happen, though?