Charges against soldier are expected this week
Charges against an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians are expected to be filed within a week and if the case goes to court the trial will be held in the United States, said a legal specialist with the US military familiar with the investigation.
A US soldier was formally charged Friday with 17 murders over the killings of civilians in a village in southern Afghanistan, US forces said in a statement released in Kabul.