State Dept Condemns Russian Airstrikes on Hospitals
Russia denies conducting the airstrikes, but they did happen and people died. Photo by Pavel Vanka
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Russia denies conducting the airstrikes, but they did happen and people died. Photo by Pavel Vanka
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A Doctors Without Borders hospital was among the several locations hit by Russian airstrikes. Two hospitals and a school were hit, according to reports. Photo by Pavel Vanka
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The Free Beacon reported: U.S. special operations analysts were analyzing a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, days before it was destroyed in an airstrike amid suspicions it was the site of a Pakistani operative helping the Taliban organize. It remains unknown whether the U.S. commanders who launched the airstrike knew the target was a hospital.
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A good write-up on the Doctors Without Borders hospital airstrike, where the hospital didn’t fly recognized international medical colors and may have contributed to the airstrike. But, it also detailed how the hospital did not want to become a target of the Taliban for flying such flags or insignia.
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As Fox News reported: The head of the international aid group Doctors Without Borders called Wednesday for an independent war crimes investigation into last weekend’s airstrike on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan that killed at least 22 people. Joanne Liu told reporters that the organization, which goes by its French-language acronym MSF, could not trust […]
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As the Washington Examiner reported: The airstrike that struck the hospital in Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 22 people, was not called in by U.S. troops, the general in charge of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said Monday. Afghan forces in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz came under fire and requested support from a U.S. AC-130 […]
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