US Admits Bombing Kunduz Hospital in Afghanistan

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Alwaght- The US military has admitted its airstrike erroneously hit a hospital in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan that killed 22 people on Saturday.
The top commander of US and coalition forces in Afghanistan, General John F. Campbell, said that Afghan forces told US forces on the ground that they needed air support.
So US forces proceeded with the strike, which led to several civilians being “accidentally struck,” he said.
Campbell said US forces’ errors would be “acknowledged,” but it was not as yet clear whether the strike on the hospital was the only mistake. He gave no more details. The Afghan government also vowed to investigate the airstrike.
Russia has strongly condemned the US airstrike in Kunduz, stressing that it was inflicted despite the coalition forces being notified of the facility’s exact location.
“We find it puzzling that the airstrike took place despite the international coalition being notified of the exact coordinates of the hospital to prevent possible attacks,” Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Monday.
Meanwhile the aid organization, Doctors Without Borders known internationally as Médecins Sans Frontières-MSF, said it was leaving Kunduz after the catastrophic US airstrike on its hospital on Saturday that killed 22 people, including 12 staff members, and destroyed the intensive care unit.
MSF hit out at claims that insurgents were using the hospital as a position to target Afghan forces and civilians.
"These statements imply that Afghan and US forces working together decided to raze to the ground a fully functioning hospital with more than 180 staff and patients inside because they claim that members of the Taliban were present," he said.
"This amounts to an admission of a war crime. This utterly contradicts the initial attempts of the US government to minimize the attack as 'collateral damage'."
The US has been under intense international pressure after global outrage in the wake of the deadly incident that was dubbed possible war crime by the UN human rights body.
The air raid came five days after Taliban terrorists seized control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz, in their most spectacular victory since being toppled from power by a US-led coalition in 2001.
On Monday, Afghan forces claimed to have wrestled back control of the city, where decomposing bodies still littered the streets.
Residents said it was the first time in eight days that they had not heard gun battles and were able to leave their homes to buy food and take stock of the damage done.
Although government forces control most of the city, Taliban terrorists are reportedly still hiding in residential areas on the outskirts of the city and some parts of the city.

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