Twenty-two people died in the attack, including 12 MSF staff members and 10 patients, and an additional 37 were wounded.
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There are, however, troubling questions if the medical charity’s account is accurate. U.S. President Barack Obama issued an apology for the incident on Wednesday. The us military has described the incident as a mistake, and Gen. John F. Campbell, the top USA commander in Afghanistan, said Tuesday the us had not followed proper protocol in calling in the airstrike.
A probe by that commission – founded in 1991 to investigate violations of global humanitarian law – would require the consent of both the United States and Afghanistan. The Commission is made up of diplomats, legal experts, doctors, and a few former military officers from nine European Union countries.
When the aerial attack occurred, there were 105 patients in the hospital and more than 80 MSF staff present. Neither Afghanistan nor the USA have signed on to this article of the Conventions.
In Khost, in the east of the country, MSF operates a maternity hospital. The organization called the strikes a “war crime” and demanded an global investigation. No doubt a few military authorities are probably as astonished at what happened as others and would like to know how it could happen. He said Obama “is very eager to get to the bottom of what exactly occurred”. The AC-130 unit involved in the Kunduz attack was linked to a Special Operations Force, a US official told The Daily Beast.
“If necessary and appropriate, the administration will seek additional authority from the Congress”, he said, adding that the payments will go to “civilian non-combatants injured and the families of civilian non-combatants killed as a result of USA military operations”. A pre-flight brief also should have noted areas that should not be struck, including religious sites, schools-and hospitals. But if they don’t have the will to fight, or have divided loyalties, it doesn’t do much good.
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Remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital. There can be no excuse, the hospital was well known and was not a legitimate target. Because someone assumed Taliban forces were camping out in the hospital, innocent lives were lost, and the nation’s watchdog doesn’t seem to care. Even if this had been true it would not justify the attack. But the narrative on the story has changed multiple times.
