Latest tragedy plays into Taliban hands, experts fear
(NEWSER) - Afghan families are vowing vengeance for loved ones killed when an American soldier apparently went on a rampage, shooting at least 16 civilians dead, including nine children . "All my family is dead," Nazim Shah told the Independent. "We will get revenge on those who killed my family. We won't let this rest." Afghan officials are urging restraint as an investigation continues, but grief-stricken residents of the Panjwai district where the shootings occurred and their countrymen are seething with fury after the soldier shot men, women, and children, then piled up their bodies and set them aflame, according to reports. A stunned President Obama has apologized to Hamid Karzai for the " tragic and shocking " killings. More»
