Villagers in Afghanistan say they were forced to walk ahead
of Afghan and U.S. Soldiers along roads in areas believed to be mined by
the Taliban.
National Public Radio reports villagers said the
Afghan and U.S. troops pulled them from their homes one evening in early
September and forced them to walk in front of the troops for more than a
mile in the Panjwai district, southwest of Kandahar city.
No one
was injured, but if the incident happened, it would appear to violate
the Geneva Conventions governing treatment of civilians, NPR said.
The Afghan general in charge of Afghan troops in the Panjwai district
and Panjwai's district governor denied the villagers' accounts, while a
spokesman for NATO's joint command said the incident was under
investigation.
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