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Afghan government, Taliban condemn photos of U.S. troops with Afghan bodies

Afghan President Hamid Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned photographs of U.S. soldiers posing with the mangled bodies of Afghan insurgent bombers as "inhuman" on Thursday, calling for a rapid transition from NATO to Afghan security to prevent more such incidents.

 

U.S. troops pose with Afghan insurgent bodies

Afghan War

Already tense U.S. and NATO ties with Afghanistan were dealt another blow on Wednesday with photographs appearing in an American newspaper of U.S. soldiers posing with the maimed bodies of dead Afghan insurgents.

 

NATO admits 4 killed in Afghanistan were civilians, not ‘known insurgents’

NATO admits 4 killed in Afghanistan were civilians, not ‘known insurgents’

Western military officials acknowledge that none of those in a car fired on by soldiers had links to the insurgency.

 

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