Afghan forces have been trying for several days to regain full control of Kunduz after Taliban insurgents briefly seized it last week.
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3 attack left 22 people dead, including MSF doctors and patients.
Los Angeles Times reports that the US has regularly issued payments to Afghanistan for destruction of property, injuries and deaths throughout the duration of the former country’s military presence in the latter.
It has stressed the need for an global investigation, saying the bombing raid contravened the Geneva Conventions.
Which side do you think will win in the battle to claim Kunduz and what are your thoughts on the reported U.S. bombing of an Afghan hospital? Gen. John F. Campbell, the American commander in Afghanistan, told Congress the attack was “a USA decision made within the US chain of command”.
“The cleanup operation is going on”. There can be no justification for this disgusting attack.
The Pentagon, after a few initial confusion about what had occurred, acknowledged that the hospital was mistakenly struck and promised to investigate, which is the appropriate response. However, the details of US involvement in the attack are murky since the USA has changed its account of what happened that day. Even war has rules. Kim hopes to interview patients there, but many have fled to other parts of Afghanistan for medical care, the official said. One of the worst offenses was the bombing of a Red Cross hospital at Shinkolobwe. The first casualty of war is never the truth; it’s usually an old woman or a child.
The physician and other staffers rushed to the hospital’s basement, which was used as a makeshift bomb shelter. Thirty-seven people were injured, including 19 members of the MSF team. We ask signatory states to activate the commission to establish the truth and to reassert the protected status of hospitals in conflict.
We demand an independent investigation by the IHFFC to establish the facts of this event. If not, what will it take for us to pull up stakes and leave? “We don’t even want to know who is inside because that is a basic protection, as a patient”, said Guilhem Molinie, director of MSF operations in Afghanistan. In 14 years, the Taliban has by no means executed so.
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Remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital. The statements made by the US make it clear that the hospital was not destroyed as a result of “collateral damage”, but rather due to complete disregard of global human rights standards. Moreover, as the assessment is based on data compiled before the militant group began its offensive in the northern city of Kunduz, the current situation on the ground is believed to be much worse.
