US soldier kills Afghan civilians in Kandahar

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64. Taliban vow revenge for US soldier's attack on Afghans

The Taliban have vowed to take revenge for a US soldier's "barbaric" killing of 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday morning, as Afghan lawmakers called for the American to be tried in a court in Afghanistan.

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Funeral services were held in the victims' villages on Monday, and a presidential delegation arrived in nearby Kandahar city ahead of a larger memorial service, as the Taliban said in a statement on their website that they would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr".

The streets of Afghanistan were quiet, despite fears of a repeat of the violence that broke out in February when US forces were found to have burned copies of the Qur'an. Dozens of Afghans died in riots, and six US soldiers were shot dead by Afghan forces they served alongside.

But protests could erupt later; snow in Kabul may have kept some people at home and news can take days to spread in a country where electricity is limited outside urban centres and internet access an elite luxury.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/12/taliban-vow-revenge-afghan-attack