WORLD BRIEFING / AFGHANISTAN
Four U.S. private security guards are being held against their will in Afghanistan by the company Xe, formerly known as Blackwater, after their involvement in a deadly shooting, their lawyer said.
A spokeswoman for the company denied the allegation.
The shooting and allegations of forced confinement highlights the murky legal world in which private security companies operate in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
An Afghan died and two were wounded in the May 5 incident in the capital, Kabul, said Lt. Col. Chris Kubik, a U.S. military spokesman. The family of the dead man said he and the two wounded were civilians driving home after work. The lawyer for the suspects said they were insurgents trying to kill his clients.
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