Obama: We're 'heartbroken' over Afghanistan. "Killing of innocents is outrageous"

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So we need to get the hell out of Afghanistan now, immediately, as soon as safely possible for our troops.




U.S. 'heartbroken' over Afghan killings, Obama says - CNN.com

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan forces came under fire Tuesday during a funeral for victims of a weekend rampage blamed on a U.S. soldier, while protesters angered by the killings blocked a major highway in Jalalabad.

The U.S. military says the Army sergeant blamed for the killings acted alone, and his motives remained unknown. In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama said American officials were "heartbroken" by the deaths but have no plans to change course in the decade-old war in Afghanistan.

Sunday's predawn rampage left nine children, three women and four men dead in two villages near a combat outpost in Kandahar province, Afghan authorities said. The bloodshed is a fresh strain between Washington and Kabul.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday that the killings "caused great pain for the people of Afghanistan," Taliban insurgents have vowed to avenge the killings, and gunshots and grenades echoed in the distance as the victims were buried Tuesday.

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