MSF says hard to believe U.S. strike on Afghan hospital a mistake

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Thu Nov 5, 2015 10:33am EST

MSF says hard to believe U.S. strike on Afghan hospital a mistake

KABUL

Medical aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday it was hard to believe a U.S. strike on an Afghan hospital last month was a mistake, as it had reports of fleeing people being shot from an aircraft.

At least 30 people were killed when the hospital in Kunduz was hit by the strike on Oct. 3 while Afghan government forces were battling to regain control of the northern city from Taliban forces who had seized it days earlier.

The United States has said the hospital was hit by accident and two separate investigations by the U.S. and NATO are underway but the circumstances of the incident, one of the worst of its kind during the 14-year conflict, are still unclear.

MSF General Director Christopher Stokes told reporters the organization was still awaiting an explanation from the U.S. military.

"All the information that we've provided so far shows that a mistake is quite hard to understand and believe at this stage," he said while presenting an MSF internal report on the incident.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/05/us-afghanistan-attack-msf-idUSKCN0SU27J20151105

[Fred Sanders]

1. TWO investigations are underway by those accused of the crime? That will get to the

bottom of it!

Lady Justice weeps.

Why not let civilians accused of mass murder also not get to do their own investigation of their own unspeakable crimes?