Are all innocent victims equal?

Published by Julia Volkovah under , on 9:00 PM
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Do these names mean anything to you?
  • Mohammad Dawood Abdullah
  • Khudaidad Mohmmad Jama
  • Nazar Mohammad Taj Mohammad
  • Payendo
  • Robina
  • Sahtarina Sultan Mohammad
  • Zuhra Abdul Hameed
  • Nazia Doost Mohammad
  • Mosooma Mohammad Wazir
  • Farida Mohammad Wazir
  • Palwasha Mohammad Wazir
  • Nabia Mohammad Wazir
  • Asmatullah Mohammad Wazir
  • Faizullah Mohammad Wazir
  • Esa Mohammad Mohammad Husain
  • Akhtar Mohammad Murad Ali
Probably not.

Each and every one of them was deeply loved by someone and now they are dead.

These are the names of the men, women and children allegedly murdered by a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan's Panjwai District in Kandahar Province on March 11, according to Afghan officials. The U.S. military has now added one more name to that list but no one has revealed that victim's name so far.

When someone is killed, its natural to want to know who they were and how they died.

In this case, the how was quickly explained by witnesses, village elders, Afghan and NATO officials: They were shot dead. But looking across local, regional and international media for days after the massacre the full list of names and ages was nowhere to be found. Read More
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