NEW : ` ` Such actions have caused local public outrage and outrage , '' Obama 's office says . The Afghan government says armed individuals who may be U.S. special forces carried out acts of torture and murder , allegations that spurred it to demand that members of the elite American military units leave a key province west of Kabul . An armed group is torturing and killing innocent people , Afghanistan 's government says . The group is ` ` named as '' U.S. special forces , according to the Afghan president 's office . The U.S. military says it is investigating .
NEW : ` ` Such actions have caused local public outrage and outrage , '' Obama 's office says . An armed group is torturing and killing innocent people , Afghanistan 's government says . The group is ` ` named as '' U.S. special forces , according to the Afghan president 's office . The U.S. military says it is investigating .