The Afghan Parliament said on Monday that the US occupation soldier who killed 16 civilians a day earlier should go on trial.

The Afghan Parliament said on Monday that the US occupation soldier who killed 16 civilians a day earlier should go on trial.

"We seriously demand and expect that the government of the United States punish the culprits and try them in a public trial before the people of Afghanistan," the lower house of parliament said in statement.

Condemning the killings as brutal and inhuman, parliament declared that "people are running out of patience over the ignorance of foreign forces".

The occupation soldier walked out of his base, heavily armed and with night vision equipment, broke into three village homes before dawn Sunday, killing 16 people including women and children.

  It is the latest in a series of actions by occupation troops that has provoked outrage in Afghanistan, and comes just weeks after the burning copies of the holy Quran at a US base sparked violence that killed 40 people and plunged ties to an all-time low.