Afghanistan's Taliban has condemned a video that appears to show US Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters.
A spokesman said "It is not a human action, it's a wild action that is too shameful for us to talk about."
But another Taliban spokesman said the video would not derail attempts at peace talks to end the war.
The US military is investigating the authenticity of the video and the Marine Corps said the actions were not consistent with its core values.
The footage shows four men in military fatigues appearing to urinate on three apparently lifeless men. They have brown skin, bare feet and are dressed in loose-fitting outfits. One appears to be covered in blood.
A man's voice is heard saying: "Have a great day, buddy."
The origin of the video is not known, nor is it clear who posted it online.
The men in military fatigues seem to be aware they are being filmed.'Brutal act'
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said that this was not the first time Americans had carried out such a "wild action" and that Taliban attacks on the Americans would continue.
A different Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the video "is not a political process, so the video will not harm our talks and prisoner exchange because they are at the preliminary stage".
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Last week the Taliban said they were working to set up a political office, possibly in the Gulf state of Qatar, that could help jump-start peace talks with the Afghan government and its Western allies.
Washington has been considering releasing several Taliban prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison as a confidence-building measure, Associated Press news agency says.
Already, the video has stirred up anger in Afghanistan about the foreign military presence.
"The US soldiers who urinated on dead bodies of Muslims have committed a crime," Feda Mohammad told Reuters in Kabul.
"Since they've committed such a crime, we don't want them on our soil anymore."
Afghan Member of Parliament Fawzia Kofi said ordinary Afghans, no matter how they felt about the Taliban, would be upset by the video.
"It's a matter of a human being, respect to a human being,"
"I believe that the brutal acts that the Taliban did here during their government and even now is condemned by Afghans. So is watching a brutal act by international forces. We condemn that as well," she added.Investigation
The US military said it was "deeply troubled by the video".
Pentagon spokesman Capt John Kirby said in a statement: "Whoever it is, and whatever the circumstances - which we know is under investigation - it is egregious behaviour and unacceptable for a member of the military."
Marine Corps headquarters at the Pentagon said in a statement: "The actions portrayed are not consistent with our core values and are not indicative of the character of the Marines in our Corps. This matter will be fully investigated.''
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said it "strongly condemns the actions depicted in the video, which appear to have been conducted by a small group of US individuals, who apparently are no longer serving in Afghanistan".
In a separate case, the US military has been prosecuting five soldiers from the army's 5th Stryker Brigade who are accused of killing Afghan civilians during their deployment in Kandahar province in 2010.
The US has about 20,000 Marines deployed in Afghanistan, based mostly in Kandahar and Helmand provinces. In total, about 90,000 US troops are on the ground in Afghanistan.
The US and its partners in Afghanistan have said they plan to hand over security of the country and withdraw combat troops by the end of 2014.
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