WASHINGTON — The Army has charged a Special Forces soldier with premeditated murder in a shooting that happened nearly nine years ago in southern Afghanistan, according to military documents obtained by The New York Times. Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a spokesman for Army Special Operations Command, confirmed the charges on Friday and said a preliminary hearing date had not been set. Task and Purpose first reported the charges. The military opened an initial investigation into the 2010 shooting after Major Golsteyn admitted to it to the C.I.A. The Army closed the case in 2013 without charging Major Golsteyn, but later stripped him of a Silver Star, one of the highest awards for valor, and an elite Special Forces tab.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2018 00:22 UTC