Afghan government claims terrorists were hiding in hospital hit by air strike
- 9 years ago
The medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says an air strike that hit a hospital in northern Afghanistan went on for at least half an hour after they alerted the Afghan and US forces of their location.
On its twitter page MSF said nine members of staff were killed and at leaset 37 people were injured.
Latest update from #Kunduz: 37 people have been seriously wounded during the bombing, of whom 19 are #MSF staff. 9 staff dead #Afghanistan— Kate Stegeman (@KatesCurious) October 3, 2015
The clinic is in Kunduz, a provincial capital that has been the scene of fierce clashes in recent days between Taliban and Afghan forces with NATO back-up.
On Saturday the Afghan government spoke about the incident.
“Ten to fifteen terrorists were hiding in the hospital last night and it came under attack,” said Sediq Seddiqi, Spokesperson for Afghan Interior Ministry. “Well, they are killed, all of the terrorists are killed, but we also lost doctors. We will do everything we can to m
On its twitter page MSF said nine members of staff were killed and at leaset 37 people were injured.
Latest update from #Kunduz: 37 people have been seriously wounded during the bombing, of whom 19 are #MSF staff. 9 staff dead #Afghanistan— Kate Stegeman (@KatesCurious) October 3, 2015
The clinic is in Kunduz, a provincial capital that has been the scene of fierce clashes in recent days between Taliban and Afghan forces with NATO back-up.
On Saturday the Afghan government spoke about the incident.
“Ten to fifteen terrorists were hiding in the hospital last night and it came under attack,” said Sediq Seddiqi, Spokesperson for Afghan Interior Ministry. “Well, they are killed, all of the terrorists are killed, but we also lost doctors. We will do everything we can to m