US pays $50,000 for each Afghan civilian killed in shooting spree

US pays $50,000 for each Afghan civilian killed in shooting spree

Associated Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan

The United States has paid $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed and $11,000 for each person wounded in the shooting spree allegedly committed by a U.S. soldier in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official and a community elder said today.

The sums, much larger than typical payments made by the U.S. to families of civilians killed in military operations in Afghanistan, come as the U.S. tries to mend relations following the killing rampage that has threatened to undermine the international effort here.