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Afghan conflict: MSF staff leave bombed Kunduz hospital Afghan conflict: MSF demands Kunduz hospital inquiry
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International charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says staff have left its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, after it was hit by air strikes it blames on US-led Nato forces. International charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has demanded an independent inquiry by an international body into the air strikes that hit its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz.
At least 22 people, including MSF staff, were killed in the strikes. At least 22 people, including MSF staff, were killed in attacks the charity blames on US-led Nato forces.
The charity says some medics are treating wounded people in other clinics in Kunduz. MSF said it was making the call for an inquiry "under the clear presumption that a war crime has been committed".
Afghan troops are reported to have recaptured most of the city, six days after it was seized by the Taliban. The US military says it is investigating the incident.
MSF said it was pulling most of its staff out of the area. Twelve MSF staff members and 10 patients were killed when the hospital was hit as Afghan government forces, backed by the US-led coalition, battled to retake the northern city from Taleban fighters.
Dozens were injured and the hospital severely damaged by a series of air strikes lasting more than an hour from 02:00 local time on Saturday morning.
On its Twitter feed, MSF said: "The hospital was repeatedly and precisely hit during each aerial raid, while the rest of the compound was left mostly untouched.
"Not a single member of our staff reported any fighting inside the hospital compound prior to the US air strike on Saturday morning."
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Afghan troops are now reported to have recaptured most of Kunduz, six days after it was seized by the Taliban.
MSF said it was pulling most of its staff out of the area but some medical staff were treating the wounded at other clinics.
"The MSF hospital is not functional anymore. All critical patients have been referred to other health facilities and no MSF staff are working in our hospital," a spokeswoman for the charity told AFP news agency."The MSF hospital is not functional anymore. All critical patients have been referred to other health facilities and no MSF staff are working in our hospital," a spokeswoman for the charity told AFP news agency.
"I can't confirm at this stage whether our Kunduz trauma centre will reopen, or not," she added."I can't confirm at this stage whether our Kunduz trauma centre will reopen, or not," she added.
The medical charity says the hospital was a lifeline for thousands in the city and in northern Afghanistan. MSF says the hospital was a lifeline for thousands in the city and in northern Afghanistan.
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A regional doctor, who escaped the fighting in the city and is now in Takhar, described conditions in the city.
"There is no doctor, no medicine and no treatment in Kunduz," Jamal Khan told Reuters news agency.
"People are getting killed in the city, but there is nobody to help and take away their dead bodies. About 4,000 of us residents of Kunduz have been forced from our homes."
'Abhorrent'
US President Barack Obama has expressed condolences and says the US has launched a "full investigation" into the incident which happened on Saturday. He said he would await the results of the inquiry before making a definitive judgement.US President Barack Obama has expressed condolences and says the US has launched a "full investigation" into the incident which happened on Saturday. He said he would await the results of the inquiry before making a definitive judgement.
The US military says a strike targeting Taliban in Kunduz may have caused "collateral damage", and that the results of a multinational preliminary investigation will be available "within days". The US military said a strike targeting Taliban in Kunduz may have caused "collateral damage", and that the results of a multinational preliminary investigation would be available "within days".
"Additionally, the US military has opened a formal investigation... to conduct a thorough and comprehensive inquiry," it added."Additionally, the US military has opened a formal investigation... to conduct a thorough and comprehensive inquiry," it added.
At least 12 MSF staff members and 10 patients were killed in the incident.
MSF has called for an inquiry by an independent international body "under the clear presumption that a war crime has been committed".
The UN called the strikes "inexcusable and possibly even criminal", with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a thorough and impartial investigation.The UN called the strikes "inexcusable and possibly even criminal", with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon calling for a thorough and impartial investigation.
The hospital was severely damaged by a series of strikes lasting more than an hour from 02:00 local time on Saturday. Dozens were also injured in the attack.
MSF president Meinie Nicolai described the incident as "abhorrent and a grave violation of international humanitarian law".
"All indications currently point to the bombing being carried out by international coalition forces," MSF said.
There has been intense fighting in Kunduz since Taliban fighters swept into the northern city last Monday.