枪手是一名正在服役的美国士兵，他于凌晨3点离开了驻地，来到附近一个村庄，进去三户阿富汗民居中。在其中一家，他叫醒了全家11口人，让他们集合一起并开枪杀死，随之焚烧了尸体，他还杀死了这家5名邻居。当地称这次事件为大屠杀，这名士兵做事谨严，大多人头部一枪即致命，包括儿童在内。据说这名士兵是位上士，他现已自首，目前在美国监禁。

The international peace envoy for Syria, Kofi Annan, says he's handed over a set of concrete proposals aimed at defusing the crisis there during a second round of talks with President Bashar al-Assad. Jon Donnison reports from neighbouring Lebanon.

赴叙利亚国际和平使者科菲·安南称，在与阿萨德总统的第二轮对话中，已经递交了一份意在缓和危机的切实方案。Jon Donnison在邻国黎巴嫩报道。

Emerging from a second round of talks in as many days, Kofi Annan told reporters his meetings with President Assad focused on three core objectives: an immediate end to the violence, access for aid and the start of a political dialogue with the opposition. But he gave no details of how any of those things might be achieved. Both sides have so far rejected the idea of peace talks. Mr Annan said the natural response was for the Syrian leader to embrace change and reform, but he said bringing an end to a year of violence would not be easy.