Rampant US soldier unwilling to serve in Afghanistan

A lawyer said that the US soldiers accused of killing 16 Afghans on a killing spree did not want to return to combat after sustaining body and brain injuries while serving in Iraq.

Lawyer John Henry Browne said the soldier had witnessed a friend’s leg blown off the day before the killings and had already completed three tours in Iraq.

Browne also said that the soldier was not fit to serve a fourth tour in combat due to previously sustained injuries.

The soldier has not yet been charged by the US military and Brown called for the soldier to receive a fair hearing.

Meanwhile, peace talks had been called off by the Taliban after the killing spree during which men, women and children were shot and killed at close range.

Despite this move, the US said it was still committed to Afghan resolution while Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the US that troops must be pulled back from the villages to allow Afghan security forces to take the lead in an effort to reduce civilian deaths.