Robert Bales

US Army sergeant to face 17 murder counts in Afghan killings

US Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, accused of killing Afghan civilians including women and children in a shooting rampage in Kandahar province last week, will be charged with 17 counts of murder.

Afghan shooting suspect did not pay defrauded elderly client

The US soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan left for war without paying a $1.5 million judgment for defrauding an elderly client in a stock scheme, and remains shielded from the obligation as long as he remains in the military, legal experts said.

Afghan killings: Lawyer says suspect remembers nothing

The Army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime shooting rampage has a sketchy memory of the night of the massacre, his lawyer said Monday after meeting his client for the first time.

Afghan shooting suspect to meet lawyers for first time

A US soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan was expected to have his first meeting with his defense team on Monday.

Lawyer prepares to meet US Afghan killings suspect

Formal charges are expected to be filed against Bales within a week and if the case goes to court the trial will be held in the United States.

Afghan shooting suspect was struggling financially

The 38-year-old US Army staff sergeant suspected of gunning down 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, had struggled to make financial ends meet and was disappointed at being sent back into a war zone for a fourth time.

Soldier suspected in Afghanistan massacre to meet with lawyers

Bales, 38 and a four-tour combat veteran, is suspected of walking off his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and gunning down the 16 civilians, in a massacre that sent American-Afghan relations into a tailspin.