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MSF Hospital Strike 'Caused Primarily by Human Error': US General
A US air strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan that killed at least 30 people was caused primarily by human error, the commander of US forces said today, announcing the results of an investigation.
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Yemen Hospital Hit By Saudi-Led Air Strikes: Medecins Sans Frontieres
A Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was hit by a Saudi-led air strike, the group said today, another bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month air campaign in Yemen.
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Swiss Support International Probe of Afghan Hospital Bombing: Foreign Minister
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said today his country supported the use of an international commission based in Bern to probe a deadly US air strike on an Afghan hospital.
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Global Panel Seeks to Investigate US Bombing of Afghan Hospital
An international panel of experts is ready to investigate the US bombing of a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Afghanistan but awaits a green light from both governments, MSF and the Swiss foreign ministry said today.
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MSF Says 33 Still Missing After US Air Strike
Thirty-three people are still missing five days after a catastrophic US air strike on an Afghan hospital, medical charity MSF said today, sparking fears that the death toll may significantly rise.
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Hospital Hit in Afghanistan Never a Legitimate Target: US General
The US commander in Afghanistan said today that his forces would never intentionally target a hospital and that all requests from Afghan troops for air support are thoroughly vetted.
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Obama Apologises for Accidental Strike on Afghan Hospital That Killed 22
US President Barack Obama today called the head of medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) to apologise for the deadly US air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, the White House said.
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Pentagon Calls Afghan Hospital Strike a Mistake, Seeks Accountability
The United States military took responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, calling it a mistake and vowing to hold people accountable.
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Afghan Forces Called for Hospital Air Strike, United States General Says
Afghan forces called in a United States air strike on a Kunduz hospital that killed 22 people, the top American commander in Afghanistan said Monday, after medical charity MSF branded the incident a war crime.
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United States Military Says Need Time to Probe Battle Near Afghanistan Hospital
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter pledged on Sunday a full, transparent investigation into whether the US military could be linked to the destruction of an Afghan hospital run by aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) that killed 22 people.
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MSF Leaves Afghan City, Calls Hospital Air Strike 'War Crime'
Medical charity MSF said Sunday it had shut down operations in the Afghan city of Kunduz after an apparent US bombing raid on its hospital, demanding an independent investigation into what it labelled a war crime.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing from Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected U.S. air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing From Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected US air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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UN Slams 'Inexcusable' Afghan Hospital Air Strike That Killed 19
A suspected US air strike on a hospital killed 19 people on Saturday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said, a bombardment that the UN condemned as "inexcusable, and possibly even criminal".
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Afghan Special Forces Raid Medical Aid Group Hospital
Afghan special forces raided a hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Afghanistan, in search of a suspected Al Qaeda operative being treated there, a commander of the elite force said today.
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MSF Hospital Strike 'Caused Primarily by Human Error': US General
A US air strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan that killed at least 30 people was caused primarily by human error, the commander of US forces said today, announcing the results of an investigation.
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Yemen Hospital Hit By Saudi-Led Air Strikes: Medecins Sans Frontieres
A Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was hit by a Saudi-led air strike, the group said today, another bombing of a civilian target in the seven-month air campaign in Yemen.
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Swiss Support International Probe of Afghan Hospital Bombing: Foreign Minister
Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said today his country supported the use of an international commission based in Bern to probe a deadly US air strike on an Afghan hospital.
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Global Panel Seeks to Investigate US Bombing of Afghan Hospital
An international panel of experts is ready to investigate the US bombing of a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in Afghanistan but awaits a green light from both governments, MSF and the Swiss foreign ministry said today.
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MSF Says 33 Still Missing After US Air Strike
Thirty-three people are still missing five days after a catastrophic US air strike on an Afghan hospital, medical charity MSF said today, sparking fears that the death toll may significantly rise.
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Hospital Hit in Afghanistan Never a Legitimate Target: US General
The US commander in Afghanistan said today that his forces would never intentionally target a hospital and that all requests from Afghan troops for air support are thoroughly vetted.
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Obama Apologises for Accidental Strike on Afghan Hospital That Killed 22
US President Barack Obama today called the head of medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) to apologise for the deadly US air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, the White House said.
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Pentagon Calls Afghan Hospital Strike a Mistake, Seeks Accountability
The United States military took responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, calling it a mistake and vowing to hold people accountable.
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Afghan Forces Called for Hospital Air Strike, United States General Says
Afghan forces called in a United States air strike on a Kunduz hospital that killed 22 people, the top American commander in Afghanistan said Monday, after medical charity MSF branded the incident a war crime.
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United States Military Says Need Time to Probe Battle Near Afghanistan Hospital
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter pledged on Sunday a full, transparent investigation into whether the US military could be linked to the destruction of an Afghan hospital run by aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) that killed 22 people.
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MSF Leaves Afghan City, Calls Hospital Air Strike 'War Crime'
Medical charity MSF said Sunday it had shut down operations in the Afghan city of Kunduz after an apparent US bombing raid on its hospital, demanding an independent investigation into what it labelled a war crime.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing from Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected U.S. air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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Medical Aid Group Denies Taliban Were Firing From Afghan Hospital Hit by Air Strike
Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres denied that Taliban fighters were firing from its hospital at Afghan and NATO forces before a suspected US air strike killed at least 19 people in a battle to oust the Islamist insurgents from an Afghan city.
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UN Slams 'Inexcusable' Afghan Hospital Air Strike That Killed 19
A suspected US air strike on a hospital killed 19 people on Saturday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, medical charity MSF said, a bombardment that the UN condemned as "inexcusable, and possibly even criminal".
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Afghan Special Forces Raid Medical Aid Group Hospital
Afghan special forces raided a hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres in northern Afghanistan, in search of a suspected Al Qaeda operative being treated there, a commander of the elite force said today.
