MSF condemns Afghan hospital attack

The medical charity MSF has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” deadly air strikes on its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz.

Medecins Sans Frontieres said at least nine of its staff were killed in the attack. Many are unaccounted for.

It said the strikes continued for more than 30 minutes after United States and Afghan authorities were told of its location.

U.S forces were carrying out air strikes at the time. The NATO alliance has admitted the clinic may have been hit.

At least 37 people were seriously injured, 19 of them MSF staff, the BBC reports.

More than 100 patients were in the hospital, along with relatives and carers. It is not known how many of them were killed.

MSF said that all parties to the conflict, including Kabul and Washington, had been told the precise GPS co-ordinates of the hospital in Kunduz on many occasions, including on September 29.

 

 

 

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