Victims of Afghanistan massacre compensated

Relatives and victims of a rampage by a US soldier in southern Afghanistan that saw 17 people killed have been paid tens of thousands of dollars in compensation, Afghan government officials said on Sunday.

The families of the dead received 2.3 million Afghanis (S$60,200) each while the injured were paid 500,000 Afghanis at a private ceremony at the Kandahar provincial governor's office, the officials told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The killings - mostly of women and children - in Panjwai district are thought to be the deadliest crime by a US soldier during the decade-long conflict and have tested Washington and Kabul's already tense relationship to the limit.

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