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Six U.S. Army soldiers and three Marines escaped criminal charges but received administrative punishments for burning Korans mistakenly and urinating on the corpses of Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said on Monday.
The soldiers were disciplined for the burning of Korans earlier this year at a U.S. base in Afghanistan, and the Marines were punished for their participation in a video that showed them urinating on Taliban corpses.
The exact punishments were not disclosed on Monday, and it was not clear whether the lack of criminal charges would trigger any protests in Afghanistan.
The soldiers were disciplined for the burning of Korans earlier this year at a U.S. base in Afghanistan, and the Marines were punished for their participation in a video that showed them urinating on Taliban corpses.
The exact punishments were not disclosed on Monday, and it was not clear whether the lack of criminal charges would trigger any protests in Afghanistan.