Doctors without borders on wednesday called for an independent body to conduct a war crime investigation into the u. Later, the united states commander in afghanistan, general john f. Death toll rises in suspected us airstrike on afghan hospital. The hospital bombing left four people dead and damaged nearby residences for three european ambassadors along with the libyan embassy. One of the defining features of the corporate media is that western crimes are ignored or downplayed. This week a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz afghanistan was bombed by us forces during the campaign to retake the city from the taliban.
Pentagon details chain of errors in strike on afghan hospital the. Afghanistans lone psychiatric hospital reveals mental. Campbell, said the airstrike was requested by afghan forces who had come. At the surgical centre for war victims in kabul, our staff provide free, highquality healthcare to the victims of the conflict that continues to affect the country and capital city. A suicide truck bomber devastated a hospital in southern afghanistan, leaving 20 dead and up to 100 injured. The pentagon announced friday that 16 military personnel would be disciplined for the deadly u. Five questions about the bombing of a hospital in kunduz the. In 2014, more than 22,000 patients were treated at this emergency trauma center and more than 5,900 surgeries were performed. The pentagon said the hospital was on a nostrike list but gunship crew had no access to. Msfs full, frequently updated, hardtoread account of all of this is here this strike on a hospital in afghanistan comes days after the saudiled coalition bombed a. Tragedy in afghanistan the consequences of the accidental bombing of an aid hospital.
Asia pacific more troops sent to west afghanistan as taliban steps up attacks. The us has said its airstrike on an msf facility in afghanistan was a. The msfsupported hospital in idlib province in northern syria was destroyed in an attack on 15 february 2016. Bbc news on afghan hospital mistakenly bombed by united states. The us has said its airstrike on an msf facility in afghanistan was a mistake.
Commander in afghanistan apologizes for bombing of hospital. Bombing a hospital in afghanistan is the modern american way of war. The pentagon has confirmed that 16 us military staff who bombed a hospital in afghanistan last year have been disciplined. The bombing took place despite the fact that msf had provided the gps coordinates of the trauma hospital to coalition and afghan military and. Taliban takes responsibility for deadly afghanistan. It has been the only trauma center in northeastern afghanistan. After accidentally bombing the chinese embassy that killed three chinese journalists, nato warplanes bombed a hospital in belgrade on may 21, 1999. A doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was struck accidentally after afghan forces called for u.
Investigation continues into afghan hospital bombing. Kunduz, afghanistan near the southern gate of the doctors without borders hospital in this afghan city stands a guard post. Kabul, afghanistan ap doctors without borders says wounded taliban fighters were being treated in an afghan hospital bombed by u. The strikes killed 42 people at a civilian hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, in october 2015. Washington president obama personally apologized on wednesday to the head of doctors without borders for what he described as the mistaken bombing of its field hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, promising a full investigation into the episode, which took the lives of nearly two dozen doctors and patients. Is alleged us bombing of afghan hospital a war crime. If a party knew it was a hospital and intentionally targeted it without a militarily reason to do so it is most likely a war. The organization released in internal report november 5. Doctor recalls being bombed in the 2015 us airstrike of the afghanistan hospital. There are 117 governmentrun hospitals in afghanistan and a number of private or internationallyadministered hospitals. Haunting footage of afghanistan hospital before and after bombing.
Kunduz hospital bombing latest news, breaking stories and. Pentagon details chain of errors in strike on afghan hospital. Twelve staff members have been killed and 19 staff members were wounded in the attack. Tragedy in afghanistan the consequences of the accidental.
Washington president obama personally apologized on wednesday to the head of doctors without borders for what he described as the mistaken bombing of its field hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. This hospital is very well known, marco said, adding that there were many chances that this was deliberate. Amy davidson on the bombing of a hospital run by doctors without borders in kunduz, afghanistan, on saturday. The attack, in which the american lockheed ac gunship repeatedly bombed the hospital, lasted for over an hour despite calls to afghan, us and nato to stop it, msf earlier said. On 3 october 2015, a united states air force acu gunship attacked the kunduz trauma. D octors at the kunduz hospital were meant to be catching up. Aid agency medecins sans frontieres wants a neverused body to investigate the us bombing of its hospital in the afghan city of kunduz. Kabul, afghanistan a crowded hospital in the embattled city of. School bombing kills 50, mostly children, in afghanistans. As glenn greenwald has doggedly pointed out, the western media have been faithfully changing. The investigation report comes as another doctors without borders hospital in syria was bombed this week, a strike that the ngo says killed 50 people and was carried out by russian and syrian warplanes.
The vast majority were in syria, the others in yemen, afghanistan, ukraine and sudan. Service members disciplined in mistaken airstrikes on. It is illegal to attack hospitals under international humanitarian law, but its not as simple as that, explains a war crimes expert. With 400 beds, it is largest military medical facility in afghanistan, and serves members. Surgical centre for war victims in kabul emergency. Bombing a hospital in afghanistan is the modern american.
Here is the us changing its story for the fourth time of why it launched an air strike on the doctors without borders hospital in the afghan town of kunduz at the weekend, massacring at least 22 patients and hospital staff. Deliberately bombed a hospital in afghanistan, it was a war crime. An afghan boy receives treatment at a hospital in kunduz on april 3, 2018, a day after an airstrike hit a school in a taliban stronghold. Media are blamed as us bombing of afghan hospital is. Kabul at least 30 children were among those killed in government airstrikes in northern afghanistan last month, a u. Before the 2003 shock and awe bombing in iraq, a group of activists living in baghdad would regularly go to city sites that were crucial for maintaining health and wellbeing in baghdad, such as. The extensive, quite precise destruction of this hospital. The doctors without borders charity group said that president barack obamas apology for the bombing of one of the groups hospitals in the afghan city of kunduz is not enough, and called for an international investigation into what it said was an alleged war crime. The remains of the doctors without borders hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, after it was hit by an american airstrike in october. Its unclear whether commanders who unleashed the ac gunship on the hospital killing at least 22 patients and hospital staff were aware that the site was a hospital or knew about the. Death toll rises to 30 in afghan hospital bombing usa today. For the 22 dead, the injured survivors and the casualties of fighting still going on in kunduz, it was a tragedy. Us did bomb doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. A doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was accidentally struck by the us military after afghan forces called for air support to eliminate a.
Afghanistans lone psychiatric hospital reveals mental health crisis fueled by war the red crescent secure psychiatric institution is the only highsecurity psychiatric facility in. Before the bombing, the msfs hospital was the only active medical facility in the area. After the taliban swept through the north afghan city of kunduz last autumn, and the. Us military bombs doctors without borders hospital in. Msf has worked in afghanistan since 1980, and the hospital in kunduz is their only facility in northeast afghanistan. Nearly 100 medical facilities belonging to, or supported by, medecins sans frontieres msf have been bombed since 2015. Pentagon report indicates bombed afghan hospital was.
One day after warning russia of civilian casualties, the u. It also demonstrates there were no armed combatants. Photos from social media show the aftermath of an incident in kunduz, afghanistan where u. Commander in afghanistan apologizes for bombing of. Sixteen us military personnel are disciplined over last years bombing of an afghan hospital in kunduz that left 42 dead, officials say. Doctors without borders rejects obamas apology for. Us repeatedly bombs hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. Kabul, afghanistan ap the number of people killed when u. Probe confirms no armed men in afghan clinic bombed by us.
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