US troops face prosecution over crash

AFGHANISTAN’S Parliament has approved a motion calling on the government to prosecute the US soldiers responsible for a deadly road crash that sparked the worst riots in Kabul in years.

The assembly passed its nonbinding motion Tuesday, one day after a US truck ploughed into a line of cars, killing up to five Afghans and sparking anti-foreigner riots throughout the city, said Saleh Mohammed Saljuqi, an assistant to the parliamentary speaker.

“Those responsible for the accident on Monday should be handed over to Afghan legal authorities,” Mr Saljuqi said yesterday.