A US military inquiry has been completed into television footage purportedly showing US troops burning the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters, a US spokesman said today.
Cremation of corpses is banned under Islam, and the alleged act sparked outrage here.
The US military opened an inquiry into the alleged desecration, which was recorded on video last month by a freelance journalist embedded with the US troops in volatile southern Afghanistan.
A separate investigation by the Afghan Defense Ministry has also been completed, and its conclusions will also be released soon, a military spokesman said.
The spokesman said investigators from both sides co-ordinated their separate inquiries, often interviewing witnesses together.
News of the alleged desecration sparked warnings of a possible anti-American backlash in Afghanistan, but there have been no demonstrations so far.
AP