Image uploaded from a quicklink (Image by Unknown Owner) Details DMCA | The military will charge Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales with 17 counts of murder stemming from a massacre of Afghan villagers, a U.S. official said Thursday. The killings are considered the worst U.S. atrocity of the Afghan war and have roiled relations between the United and Afghanistan at a time when American commanders are seeking to stabilize the country in preparation for an eventual U.S. exit. |