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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales' commanding officer once recommended him for a medal of valor after a major battle in Iraq. Bales is being held at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians last week.
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It's been a difficult week for U.S. and Afghan relations, with the Afghan president demanding U.S. troops be confined to bases within a year following an alleged shooting spree by a U.S. serviceman that left 16 Afghan civilians dead. The flared tensions could force the Obama administration to rethink its plans for withdrawal.
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Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was identified Friday night as the suspect in the killing if 16 Afghan civilians. His neighbors in Lake Tapps, Wash., speak highly of him, though, and NPR's Martin Kaste reports that early indications are Bales was a good soldier.
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NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman speaks with guest host Jacki Lyden about the latest developments for the soldier accused in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians.
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The U.S. soldier alleged to have killed 16 Afghan civilians in a nighttime rampage has been identified as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of Lake Tapps, Wash. His former platoon leader and neighbors in his rural community are bewildered; one neighbor describes him as "just one of the guys."
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Pentagon officials say Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is the soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday. He was being flown Friday from Kuwait to a military detention center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. NPR's Tom Bowman talks to Melissa Block about Bales.
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Pentagon officials say Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is the soldier suspected of killing 16 Afghan civilians.