THE US military and the Afghan government said yesterday they will investigate a TV report claiming US soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of two Taliban fighters and taunted other Islamic militants.

The US military said today it found “repugnant” and would investigate a television report that claimed US soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of two Taliban fighters and then used the action to taunt other Islamic militants.

American soldiers in Afghanistan desecrated the bodies of Taliban fighters by burning them, violating Islamic tradition, then taunted a nearby village about the act, an Australian television network reported today.