"In response to CNN queries, U.S. military officials had previously said the matter had been investigated and none of the allegations from local civilians had been substantiated.
"U.S. forces conducted several investigations in response to specific allegations from November 2012 to February 2013," Crichton told CNN on Thursday. "At the time, inquiries found no reliable evidence to substantiate misconduct. However, after those investigations, the ICRC provided new information that was not included in the previous investigations. Therefore, the most prudent course in consideration of that new information was to turn the matter over to professional military investigators."
A senior military official tells CNN that the move will take the investigation out of the hands of those serving in Afghanistan and put it in the independent investigatory jurisdiction of CID."
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