92.9 NIN Today’s Hit Music » afghanistan http://929nin.com Fri, 24 May 2013 23:35:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 US Soldier To Be Charged With 17 Counts of Murder In Afghan Massacre http://929nin.com/us-soldier-to-be-charged-with-17-counts-of-murder-in-afghan-massacre/ http://929nin.com/us-soldier-to-be-charged-with-17-counts-of-murder-in-afghan-massacre/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:45:21 +0000 Tony Kerns http://929nin.com/?p=86110 Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier accused of being the lone shooter in the mass murder of Afghan villagers on March 11, will be officially charged today with 17 counts of murder.

]]> http://929nin.com/us-soldier-to-be-charged-with-17-counts-of-murder-in-afghan-massacre/feed/ 0 (Image via Wall Street Journal Youtube) US Soldier Accused of Afghanistan Massacre Said "I Did It", Flown Out Of Country http://929nin.com/us-soldier-accused-of-afghanistan-massacre-said-i-did-it-flown-out-of-country/ http://929nin.com/us-soldier-accused-of-afghanistan-massacre-said-i-did-it-flown-out-of-country/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:39:17 +0000 Tony Kerns http://929nin.com/?p=83956 An already tense situation may have just gotten worse, with US officials removing the US Soldier accused of the Afghan civilian shootings from the country.

According to reports, the soldier in question was seen on a surveillance video approaching the Belandai special forces base with his weapon covered in a cloth.  He threw his hands up and surrendered to other troops, and reportedly told the soldiers "I did it."  Afterwards, the soldier requested a lawyer and

]]> http://929nin.com/us-soldier-accused-of-afghanistan-massacre-said-i-did-it-flown-out-of-country/feed/ 0 (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) US Soldier Kills 16 Afghan Civilians In Their Homes [UPDATE] http://929nin.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghan-civilians-in-their-homes/ http://929nin.com/us-soldier-kills-16-afghan-civilians-in-their-homes/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:00:22 +0000 Tony Kerns http://929nin.com/?p=82705 UPDATE:  According to MSNBC, though no protests or demonstrations were seen Monday morning, the Afghan Taliban has pledged to take revenge against the "sick-minded American Savages",

"The American 'terrorists' want to come up with an excuse for the perpetrator of this inhumane crime by claiming that this immoral culprit was mentally ill.  If the perpetrators of this massacre were in fact mentally ill then this testifies to yet another moral transgression by the American military, because they

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