The U.S. military said an airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz the request of the Afghan military. Victims of the shelling of the hospital from the air were more than 20 people, even the employee of the humanitarian organization "Doctors without borders".
The airstrike, which killed staff and patients of the hospital "Doctors without borders" in Kunduz, was struck at the request of the Afghan armed forces. About this alert the media referring to the commander of the international security assistance force in Afghanistan General John Campbell.
"We learned that on 3 October, the Afghan forces reported shelling from the enemy positions and requested air support from the United States military. Next was an airstrike to destroy the threat posed by the Taliban, several civilians accidentally come under attack," announced American General.
Recall, 3 October, the aircraft struck a hospital in the Afghan Kunduz. Employees of "Doctors without borders" called NATO military in Kabul and Washington, once the bombing started, but it continued after that for about an hour.
Real-time the number of victims of the bombing of the hospital is 22 people, 37 people were injured. To the best knowledge of the followers of the "Doctors without borders", during the attack at the hospital was 105 patients and 80 staff members.
Later, NATO announced the need to investigate this accident. "The armed forces of the United States launched an airstrike in the town of Kunduz at 2.12 a.m. (local time)... against those who threaten the armed forces. The outcome of the strike could become collateral damage to bystanders of medical institutions. The incident is being investigated", - is told in the statement.
"Doctors without borders" providing medical care in 4 hospitals in Afghanistan - in Kabul metropolis, in neighbouring Khost in the East, Kunduz in the North and Lashkar Gah in the South-West of the state. For 2014, physicians have performed thousands of operations, the 10's of thousands of births, and as much medical advice.
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