Here, we have the NYTimes OpEd account of a 19-year old translator -- Hyder Akbar, a Bay-Area native born son of an Afghan governor -- for an Afghan native who was later beaten to death by a CIA contractor.
Sounds like it was all one big misunderstanding. He turned himself in, wanted for questioning, to the translator's father.
During questioning, the CIA contractor convicted of his murder became enraged, seemingly due to the Afghan's poor relationship with a calendar meant he couldn't account for his whereabouts 2-3 weeks prior.
The interrogation Hydar Akbar witnessed is also described by him in Episode 254 (Dec 12 2003) of This American Life .
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