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Kunduz: US says strike on Afghan MSF hospital 'was a mistake' | |
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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 in the attack as Afghan government forces battled to retake the northern city from Taleban fighters. | |
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, 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. |