Afghanistan shootings

The lawyer for the U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says his client has suffered from "tremendous depression and anxiety."

The wife of a U.S. soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians says her husband showed no signs of PTSD before he deployed, and adds that she doesn't feel like she'll ever believe he was involved in the killings.

The U.S. military says Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been officially charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in a shooting rampage in southern Afghanistan.

The lawyer for the Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians said the solider has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre.

An attorney for the American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians says meeting his client in person was one of the most emotional meetings of his life.

A former platoon leader for the soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians says the allegations are "100 percent out of character" for the man, whom he described as a "very solid" noncommissioned officer who has saved other soldiers' lives.

The U.S. soldier suspected in a massacre of 16 Afghan civilians is married, the father of two young children and a veteran who was in the midst of his fourth tour in a war zone.

The top U.S. commander in Helmand Province and his British deputy were among the U.S. Marines that an Afghan man tried to run down as they waited for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to arrive in southern Afghanistan, defense officials acknowledged Friday, proving the incident to be more serious than had been disclosed earlier.

A lawyer for the U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan villagers last weekend says his client saw his friend's leg blown off the day before the rampage.

Afghan lawmakers have expressed anger over the U.S. move to fly an American soldier accused of killing 16 civilians out of the country to Kuwait.