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Eight US soldiers have been charged over the death of infantryman Danny Chen in Afghanistan, international security forces have said.
Charges include dereliction of duty, assault and involuntary manslaughter; five are accused of negligent homicide.
Private Chen, from New York, was found in a guard tower in Kandahar after apparently shooting himself in October.
The 19-year-old's parents have alleged their son was subjected to physical abuse and ethnic slurs from superiors.
The family also told the New York Times not long after their son's death that investigators had informed them they were not certain the shot had been self-inflicted.
"The soldier was found in a guard tower with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound," the International Security Assistance Force Regional Command South said in a statement.
The accused are members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
The US is drawing down troops in Afghanistan ahead of a planned 2014 withdrawal of combat troops.
Eight US soldiers have been charged over the death of infantryman Danny Chen in Afghanistan, international security forces have said.
Charges include dereliction of duty, assault and involuntary manslaughter; five are accused of negligent homicide.
Private Chen, from New York, was found in a guard tower in Kandahar after apparently shooting himself in October.
The 19-year-old's parents have alleged their son was subjected to physical abuse and ethnic slurs from superiors.
The family also told the New York Times not long after their son's death that investigators had informed them they were not certain the shot had been self-inflicted.
"The soldier was found in a guard tower with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound," the International Security Assistance Force Regional Command South said in a statement.
The accused are members of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division.
The US is drawing down troops in Afghanistan ahead of a planned 2014 withdrawal of combat troops.