Report on Special Ops Killing of Pregnant Afghan Women

Members of an Afghan and coalition security force provide security during an operation in search of a Taliban facilitator in Gardez district, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, March 21, 2013. The facilitator was responsible for handling money and supplies for Taliban networks for use in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. He was also in direct contact with senior leadership for multiple extremist groups. The security force also seized one AK-47 as a result of the operation. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Codie Mendenhall)

Pentagon: Special Ops Killing of Pregnant Afghan Women Was “Appropriate” Use of Force

Afghan witnesses claimed that U.S. soldiers dug bullets out of a dead woman’s body to cover up their crime. A newly released Pentagon investigation found that soldiers did nothing wrong.