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Aftermath of alleged shooting spree by US serviceman

(11 Mar 2012) 1. Wide of crowd of villagers, with military vehicle driving into foreground 2. Close-up of Afghan soldier 3. Mid of crowd of villagers 4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Gul Bashra, mother of two-year-old child allegedly killed in shooting: "They (Americans) killed a child, who was two-years-old. Was this child a Taliban (member)? Believe me, I have not seen a two-year-old Taliban (member) yet. There is no Taliban here. They (America) are always threatening us with dogs and helicopters during night raids." 5. Mid of villagers in back of truck, with blankets purportedly covering dead bodies 6. Truck, with what appears to be bodies of victims covered in blankets in the back, driving away 7. Close-up of weeping villager 8. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Asadullah Khalid, government representative for southern Afghanistan: "Some people have been martyred in their houses. Eleven people have been killed in one house. Two people have been wounded and one killed in another house. In total, 16 people have been martyred. The wounded are at the airport hospital." 9. Wide of men brushing through ashes and debris 10. Close-up of yellow evidence markers and shell casings on ground 11. Wide of crowd of villagers STORYLINE: A US service member walked out of a base in southern Afghanistan before dawn on Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) officials. NATO officials apologised for Sunday's shootings. The shooting took place in two villages in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province - Balandi and Alkozai. The villages are about 500 yards (metres) away from a US base. The shooting started around 3 a.m., (2230 GMT Saturday) according to Asadullah Khalid, the government representative for southern Afghanistan and a member of the delegation that went to investigate the incident. He said he had tallied 16 dead. Villagers showed an Associated Press photographer 15 bodies - including women and children - and alleged they were killed by the American. There was no way to immediately reconcile the different death tolls. Some of the bodies had been burned, while others were covered with blankets. The shooting looks certain to deepen strains between US forces and their Afghan hosts after weeks of violence triggered by Americans burning Muslim holy books at a US base. Though US officials apologised and said the burning was an accident, the incident sparked violent protests and attacks that killed some 30 people. Six US service members have been killed in attacks by their Afghan colleagues since the Quran burnings came to light. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...