Maywand District murders

Maywand District killings
Andrew Holmes, Michael Wagnon, Jeremy Morlock and Adam Winfield
Location	Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Date	January – May 2010
Target	Afghan civilians
Attack type	War crime, staged murder, human trophy collecting terrorism
Weapons	Assault rifles, grenades
Deaths	At least 3 Afghan civilians
Perpetrators	A group of U.S. Army soldiers

The Maywand District killings was the murders of at least 3 Afghan civilians perpetrated by a group of U.S. Army soldiers in 2010, during the War in Afghanistan. The soldiers, who referred to themselves as the "Kill Team", were members of the 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment and 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. They were based at FOB Ramrod in Maiwand, from Kandahar Province of Afghanistan.

During the summer of 2010, the military charged five members of the platoon with murder of three Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province and collecting their body parts as trophies. In addition, seven soldiers were charged with crimes such as hashish use, impeding an investigation, and attacking the whistleblower, Specialist Justin Stoner.

In March 2011, U.S. Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock pleaded guilty to three counts of premeditated murder. He told the court that he had helped to kill unarmed native Afghans in faked combat situations. Under a plea deal, Morlock received 24 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge for murdering three Afghan civilians, in return for testimony against other soldiers. By March 2011, eleven of the twelve soldiers charged were convicted of crimes. In February 2011, the U.S. military dropped all charges against the twelfth soldier, declaring that they chose to do it in the "interest of justice" without further explanation.