Kabul, Afghanistan ? Two U.S. soldiers have been charged with assault for allegedly punching two detainees in the chest, shoulders and stomach at a military base in Afghanistan, the military said Sunday.

The announcement came just 10 days after the military launched an investigation into television footage purportedly showing a group of U.S. soldiers burning the bodies of two dead Taliban rebels.

The charges against the two soldiers include conspiracy to maltreat, assault and dereliction of duty. The allegations, if substantiated, could lead to disciplinary action, the statement said, adding that neither detainee required medical attention.

The military did not say when the soldiers were charged.

Military spokesman Lt. Col. Jerry O’Hara said the two soldiers were still in Afghanistan “performing their primary duties, but they have nothing to do with detained individuals.”

The alleged assault occurred at a base in southern Uruzgan province in early July, O’Hara said.

One of the two detainees has since been released, while the other is being held at Bagram, the U.S. military’s headquarters in Afghanistan, about 20 miles north of the capital, Kabul, he said.

O’Hara said military regulations prevented him from identifying the two detainees or elaborating on why they were detained.

It was not clear if the latest abuse allegation would cause an outcry here. Mistreatment of detainees by Afghan police and Afghan prison guards is not unusual, according to human rights advocates.

“The command remains committed to investigating all allegations of misconduct and will hold individuals responsible for their actions consistent with U.S. military law,” Brig. Gen. Jack Sterling, a deputy coalition commander, was quoted as saying in the statement announcing the charges.

Attempts to reach Afghan government officials Sunday for comment were not successful.

The last allegation of military abuse here, the alleged burning of the two Taliban bodies on Oct. 1, was condemned by President Hamid Karzai. The government ordered an independent inquiry and called for the perpetrators to be severely punished if found guilty.

Sunday’s allegations were not the first of alleged abuse of military detainees in Afghanistan.

In 2002, two Afghans held at Bagram died after being beaten. Fifteen soldiers have faced charges for those deaths. A year later, another Afghan died while being held at a base in southern Helmand province, according to an autopsy report provided by the Defense Department.