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US major to be tried for killing Afghan citizen

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KABUL (Pajhwok): A US Army major accused of killing an unarmed Afghan citizen in 2010 has been referred to trial by general court-martial.

During a polygraph test for a CIA interview, former Special Forces Maj. Matthew Golsteyn had confessed to killing an unarmed Afghan in February 2010.

The man had had allegedly built a bomb that killed two Marines. His charge sheet does not provide any details on how Golsteyn shot dead the suspected bomb maker, as Rasoul.

His case was referred to . . .

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