Doctors Without Borders Hospital Bombed During U.S. Airstrike

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A U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan lead to the death of 22 people at a hospital that was used by Doctors Without Borders. Twelve members of the staff and ten patients were killed. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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“In the Afghan city of Kunduz, the U.S. dropped bombs on a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)). The airstrike killed at least nine of the hospital’s medical staff, and seriously injured dozens of patients. “Among the dead was the Afghan head of the hospital, Abdul Sattar,” reported the New York Times.

Jason Cone, MSF’s executive director, said the medical charity “condemns in the strongest possible terms the horrific bombing of its hospital in Kunduz full of staff and patients.” He added that “all parties [to the] conflict, including in Kabul & Washington, were clearly informed of precise GPS Coordinates of MSF facilities in Kunduz,” and that the “precise location of MSF Kunduz hospital [was] communicated to all parties on multiple occasions over past months, including on 9/29.”*

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