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Afghan hospital was mistakenly struck , US general says Kunduz: US says strike on Afghan MSF hospital 'was a mistake'
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The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said that a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was "mistakenly struck" by an American air strike. The US commander of international forces in Afghanistan has admitted that an American strike on a hospital in the northern city of Kunduz was a mistake.
Gen John Campbell said that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility. At least 22 people were killed. Gen John Campbell said that the US would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.
He said that it was a US decision to attack the site. At least 22 people were killed in the attack as Afghan government forces battled to retake the northern city from Taleban fighters.
But medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres says it was not a mistake. Medical charity MSF has called for an independent international inquiry.
It said statements from the Afghan government implied that the hospital had been deliberately targeted - and amounted to an admission of a war crime.It said statements from the Afghan government implied that the hospital had been deliberately targeted - and amounted to an admission of a war crime.
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Gen Campbell said that the airstrike was made within the American chain of command. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, US Gen Campbell said that the air strike was made within the American chain of command.
"To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a US decision, made within the US chain of command," he said."To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fires was a US decision, made within the US chain of command," he said.