With any official trial of alleged mass-murderer Robert Bales still a long, long way off, reports are starting to trickle out of Panjwaii that describe what happened that night. Until very recently, the villages in question were essentially a no-go area — when Afghan troops tried to enter the village immediately after the massacre, one of them was shot dead — but now, the first English-speaking reporter has made it to the villages and back, and her detailed, excruciating short-documentary is available here.
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