Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed in Afghanistan's Kunduz

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http://www.dw.com/en/doctors-without-borders-hospital-bombed-in-afghanistans-kunduz/a-18758821

An overnight bombing has killed at least three staff a hospital of the medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. The bombing may have been carried out by US forces.

Doctors Without Borders hospital bombed in Afghanistan's Kunduz
03.10.2015

The attack on the MSF hospital came amid fierce clashes in and around Kunduz on Saturday, as Taliban fighters who seized the city six days ago try to hold out against government forces.

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"We are deeply shocked by the attack, the killing of our staff and patients and the heavy toll it has inflicted on healthcare in Kunduz," MSF said in a statement.

It said 30 staff were still unaccounted for in addition to the three killed, adding that at the time of the bombing 105 patients and their care-takers, in addition to more than 80 international and Afghan staff, were present at the hospital.

Possible US strike

The group said the hospital was partially destroyed in the overnight bombing, which it described as an "aerial attack." It was unclear whether the attack was carried out by Afghan forces or the US military.

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1. More: Aid workers killed in suspected US air strike on Afghan hospital

http://www.france24.com/en/20151003-msf-aid-workers-killed-bombing-afghan-hospital-air-strike-nato-kunduz

Aid workers killed in suspected US air strike on Afghan hospital
Latest update : 2015-10-03

The US military on Saturday said it could have been responsible for an air strike that hit a hospital run by medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Afghan city of Kunduz, killing at least nine MSF staff in an attack that lasted 30 minutes.

US forces launched an air strike at 2.15am local time (21:45 GMT), the spokesman, Col. Brian Tribus, said in a statement.

“The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility,” he added. “This incident is under investigation.”

The incident could renew concerns about the use of US air power in Afghanistan, a controversial issue in America's longest war. The news came just a day after Obama slammed Russian strikes in Syria as a “recipe for disaster” on Friday.