Afghans stunned as US Army Captain Kelvington honors death of police officer

Reuters Pictures of the week should have been the story of the week on cable news considering when our soldiers do something wrong, they all jump on the story. Take a look at this picture and read the story behind it.

U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to the remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of the Afghan Local Police, who was killed in an IED blast during a joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

This is really remarkable considering how many of our soldier have been killed by Afghan police officers while being trained by US forces. Think about Captain Kelvington having so much compassion for Dostager that he fell to his knees to honor the loss.

I couldn't find a full story on this but when you look at the faces of the Afghans standing near the memorial, it is easy to understand how much this meant to them.

How many other times does a US soldier honor the loss of Afghans fighting for their own country but no one bothers to report it?