However, Dr.Liu has confirmed the news that the apologies were “received ” leaving whether or not she was satisfied with the response of the President over the attack that killed almost 22 civilians including doctors, nurses and patients, ambiguous.
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“We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility”, Campbell told senators.
MSF, which deems the attack a war crime, urged Mr Obama to consent to a humanitarian commission established under the Geneva Conventions, even though neither the United States nor Afghanistan were signatories to the commission.
“Save the Children supports MSF’s call for a full and independent investigation, which provides a full accounting of the facts and circumstances, and results in steps being taken to ensure that this will not happen again”.
Also Wednesday, Liu called for the global Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission, created under the Geneva Conventions, to investigate the devastating strike.
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When the United States air strike began at 2:15 am local time, Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was operating as normal, treating trauma patients from the local area.
MSF’s statements come just one day after the top USA military official in Afghanistan, General John Campbell, appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to testify about operations in Afghanistan.
US officials in Washington have previously said they do not believe an worldwide investigation is needed.
“Calling it as a “mistake” is dismissive”, Lui said and adding that “International humanitarian law is not about “mistakes”.
The hospital had treated almost 400 people, including a few Taliban, wounded in heavy fighting in the days before the attack, MSF’s Bruno Jochum said.
“Governments up to now have been too polite or afraid to set a precedent”, Liu said in the statement, as reported by CNN.
Doctors Without Borders has described what transpired over the weekend as a possible war crime, but Earnest said “there’s no evidence that I’ve seen or that anybody else has presented that indicates that this was anything other than a awful, tragic mistake”.
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There are now three other probes underway including one led by the US Department of Defence.
