Us Soldier Kills Afghan Villagers

• Life term for US soldier who killed 16 Afghan villagers

  A US army sergeant who murdered 16 Afghan villagers in a horrific rampage was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole on Friday.

• US soldier pleads guilty in Afghan massacre

  The American soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians during nighttime raids on two villages last year pleaded guilty on Wednesday to avoid the death penalty.

• US soldier to admit killing Afghan villagers to escape death

  A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers last year will plead guilty in exchange for escaping the death penalty, his lawyer said in remarks reported Wednesday.

• US to seek death penalty in Afghan massacre case

  Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in one of the most appalling atrocities of the war, the US military said on Wednesday.

• US soldier could face death over Afghan massacre

  Prosecutors called on Tuesday for a US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers to face a full court-martial and even death.

• US soldier was 'lucid' after Afghan massacre

  A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was "lucid" and admitted to the crimes, witnesses and prosecutors said as he appeared in court for the first time on Monday.

• US paid $50,000 per shooting spree death: Afghans

  The US has paid $50,000 in compensation for each villager killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in a shooting rampage allegedly carried out by a rogue American soldier in southern Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.

• 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.

• 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...

• Suspect in Afghan shootings flown to base in US

  The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was en route on Friday to a maximum security detention facility at a US military base in Kansas, his lawyer said.

• Video shows soldier surrendering after killing spree, says Afghan official

  The US soldier who allegedly shot 16 Afghan villagers was caught on surveillance video that showed him walking up to his base and raising his arms in surrender, according to an Afghan official who viewed the footage. The official said late on Tuesday that US authorities showed Afghan authorities the surveillance video to prove that only one perpetr...

• Afghan delegation attacked by militants at site of US killings

  Taliban militants opened fire on Tuesday on an Afghan government delegation visiting one of the two villages in southern Afghanistan where a US soldier is suspected of killing 16 civilians. The gunfire killed an Afghan soldier who was providing security for the delegation, said Gen. Abdul Razaq, the police chief for Kandahar province where the visi...

• US soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians could get death

  The US soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians in a shooting rampage could face the death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday.

• Kandahar massacre: Afghan lawmakers demand US soldier's public trial

  The Afghan Parliament demanded on Monday that a US soldier who went on a shooting spree and killed 16 villagers in their homes should be put on public trial in Afghanistan.

• Taliban vow revenge for US soldier's rampage

  Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents today vowed revenge against "sick minded American savages" for the weekend rampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers in their homes. The Taliban would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr", they said in a statement on their website.