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The US military's claims that the Kunduz hospital attacked by US forces housed Taliban militants are "complete nonsense", a representative of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) told Sputnik Tuesday.
"We want a fully independent investigation and the three we've heard of so far don't seem to us independent enough, so we're looking into other possibilities, but it takes some time before we can come with a clear proposition," president of MSF's operational directorate in Brussels Meinie Nicolai told Sputnik in an exclusive interview.
#Kunduz attack cannot be brushed aside as mere mistake or inevitable consequence of war #independentinvestigation http://t.co/EScesxu9K8— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) October 6, 2015Not all of the hospital staff is accounted for after the bombing, he added. "We are dealing with the aftermath, we have [people] severely wounded, we have not all staff accounted for, we don't know that everybody is alive," Nicolai said.According to him, victims of the US bombing included children who were burned alive.
"Saturday morning, bombing started at the hospital, and this was by air, and it lasted for more than an hour. And there were several rounds where an airplane came over and fired at the hospital," Nicolai added.
On September 28, Taliban militants seized the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, knocking government forces out of the city. After the reinforcements arrived, the Afghan army, backed by US airstrikes, began an offensive operation to regain control of the city.
public action by the US to atone for this action. The UN must take a moral stance. A million dollar fine is just the beginning. Each individual must be compensated. Perhaps a world wide plea ala Bush when the Towers were bombed. The recent displays of church support should embolden the Pope to publicly shame the perpetrators of such action. When you have such deliberate violation of human life the next action could well be Puerto Rico locking protesters inside a church and burning everyone alive.