Unborn Afghan Child Was 17th Massacre Victim

American officials were not immediately available for comment, and a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force referred all questions to the United States Army in Washington State, where Sergeant Bales’s unit was based.
Afghan and American officials have said that American officials have paid compensationto the family members of the 16 dead and six wounded victims last Saturday ; at the rate of $50,000 for each fatality and $11,000 for each wounding, that totals $866,000.
Other Afghan officials still insisted Monday that only 16 persons were killed in Sergeant Bales’s rampage March 11. “The foreigners have made a mistake,” said Ahmed Jawed Faisal, head of the Kandahar Media Information Center. “There is no 17th person dead. According to our records, it is 16.” MORE