Kandahar Families Given Compensation
* US normally pays up to $2,500 in compensation for civilians killed by international soldiers, about seven times the average annual income.
* US staff sergeant Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
Sgt. Robert Bales
* The bereaved families were also told that some witnesses would be flown to the US to give evidence - and others would be able to participate by videolink - when Staff Sgt Bales stands trial over the deadly night-time rampage in Panjwai district on 11 March.
* The exceptional payments in this case reflect the exceptional circumstances of the killings, which were not just mistakes of war.
* Afghan families who lost relatives in the Kandahar massacre have been paid compensation by the US military.
* They received $46,000 (£29,000) for each person killed and
$10,000 (£6,300) for each person injured, Afghan officials and tribal
elders said.* US normally pays up to $2,500 in compensation for civilians killed by international soldiers, about seven times the average annual income.
* US staff sergeant Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder.
Sgt. Robert Bales* The bereaved families were also told that some witnesses would be flown to the US to give evidence - and others would be able to participate by videolink - when Staff Sgt Bales stands trial over the deadly night-time rampage in Panjwai district on 11 March.
* The exceptional payments in this case reflect the exceptional circumstances of the killings, which were not just mistakes of war.
