Washington: US President Barack Obama telephoned the head of Medecins San Frontieres and apologised for a deadly air strike on the aid group's hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the White House said today.
On the call with the medical charity's president, Joanne Liu, Obama also said the US investigation into the incident would "provide a transparent, thorough and objective accounting of the facts and circumstances of the incident. And that, if necessary, the president would implement changes to make tragedies like this one less likely to occur in the future," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, is calling for an independent international fact-finding commission to be established to probe the bombing, which took place over the weekend.
Obama also called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to express condolences for the lives lost of patients and staff during the strike, Earnest said.
On the call with the medical charity's president, Joanne Liu, Obama also said the US investigation into the incident would "provide a transparent, thorough and objective accounting of the facts and circumstances of the incident. And that, if necessary, the president would implement changes to make tragedies like this one less likely to occur in the future," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters.
Obama also called Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to express condolences for the lives lost of patients and staff during the strike, Earnest said.
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