A film showing US occupation soldiers abusing corpses in Afghanistan draws the condemnation of Afghan Government, Taliban, NATO and the US.

A film showing US occupation soldiers abusing corpses in Afghanistan draws the condemnation of Afghan Government, Taliban, NATO and the US.

The story broke Wednesday when a number of websites including TMZ and YouTube posted a video showing four men dressed in US Marine combat gear urinating on what appeared to be the dead bodies of three men on the ground in front of them.

President Hamid Karzai said in a statement that "the government of Afghanistan is deeply disturbed" of what it called "desecrating dead bodies of three Afghans".
"This act by American soldiers is simply inhuman and condemnable in the strongest possible terms," said the statement.

"We expressly ask the US government to urgently investigate the video and apply the most severe punishment to anyone found guilty in this crime."

The Taliban also condemned the film, describing the apparent abuse as "an inhumane and savage act by the American soldiers in Afghanistan".

But spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed added that he did not think it would derail peace negotiations with the US "which at this stage are mainly about prisoner exchange".

In the film, one of the men appeared as saying: "Have a great day, buddy."
A voice asked, "You got it on the video?" to which another voice responds, "Yeah." Another joked, “Golden, like a shower."

On the other hand, The US occupation military said it was investigating the "disgusting" footage.
The Pentagon said it has not yet verified the footage, which has been broadcast by leading Afghan television station Tolo News.

But Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told AFP: "Regardless of the circumstances or who is in the video, this is... egregious, disgusting behavior, unacceptable for anyone in uniform."
"It turned my stomach," he added of the video.

NATO forces in Afghanistan also condemned the video as appearing to show "US military personnel committing an inappropriate act with enemy corpses.

"This disrespectful act is inexplicable and not in keeping with the high moral standards we expect of coalition forces.
"ISAF (the International Security Assistance Force) strongly condemns the actions depicted in the video, which appear to have been conducted by a small group of US individuals who apparently are no longer serving in Afghanistan."