province when it exploded. happened in january of 09. and also kevin cardoza. the texan soldier one of five killed earlier this month when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in afghanistan s kand har province. log onto cnn.com and join us in honoring the memory of 100 soldiers in 100 hours. so many of those fallen troops who died in iraq and afghanistan are buried in what s known as section 60 at arlington national cemetery. you just heard president obama mention it in his remarks, section 60. a lot of families paying tribute to them this morning including a bag piper who was playing a beautiful rendition of amazing grace.
situation. reporter: villagers mill about in an eerie column in kand har province. afghan officials say 16 civilians were gunned down in their homes on sunday leaving nine children, three women, and four men dead and several more injured. the injured are being treated at coalition medical facilities. a senior official says a u.s. army staff sergeant has been detained in the incident. so far, they think he was acting alone. u.s. officials reacted swiftly to the incident. we deplore any attack by a member of the u.s. armed forces against innocent civilians and denounce all violence against civilians. we assure the people of afghanistan that the individual or individuals responsible for this terrible act will be identified and brought to justice. reporter: but villagers and triable leaders on the ground told us there was more than one soldier on the ground when the incident occurred. president karzai said those operations conducted against terrorism during which our innoc