If you read us corporate media coverage of this incident, however, us culpability would likely not be evident. President obama delivered a rare, personal apology to the head of doctors without borders for a u. The 92bed hospital was the only facility treating major trauma injuries in all of northeastern afghanistan, serving thousands of people. It is unacceptable that the bombing of a hospital and the killing of staff and. The top united states commander in afghanistan, gen. Oct 05, 2015 a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was struck accidentally after afghan forces called for u.
Us mistakenly bombs hospital, russia destroys isis command center posted by geauxxxtigers23 on 10515 at 5. Us alters story on kunduz hospital strike, blames afghan. Us mistakenly bombs hospital, russia destroys isis command. Us military bombs doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. Pentagon releases report on botching bombing of hospital. Notes on 73015 i had a visual of people in a desert mourning the loss of life. Afghanistan near the southern gate of the doctors without borders hospital in this afghan city stands a guard post. The remains of the doctors without borders hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, after it. Us says they had to bomb afghanistan hospital to get taliban construction site was badly damaged in heavy fighting jason ditz posted on december 15, 2019 december 15, 2019 categories news. Learn more about the attack on our hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, our. Media are blamed as us bombing of afghan hospital is. The us dropped more bombs on afghanistan in 2019 than any other year since the pentagon began keeping a tally in 2006, reflecting an apparent effort to. Us dropped record number of bombs on afghanistan last year.
Msf reported, on saturday after a united states airstrike hit a hospital in the. Doctors without borders says us airstrike hit hospital in afghanistan. Washington president obama personally apologized on wednesday to the head of doctors without borders for what he described as the mistaken bombing of its field hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. Oct 23, 2015 the new york times peddles excuses for kunduz hospital slaughter by thomas gaist 23 october 2015 in a report tuesday, hospital attack fueled by units new to kunduz, the new york times once. Commander in afghanistan apologizes for bombing of. Commander in afghanistan apologizes for bombing of hospital. First founded in france and being active for fortythree years, msf is known for stationing themselves in warstricken areas. It is illegal to attack hospitals under international humanitarian law, but its not as simple as that, explains a war crimes expert. Oct 05, 2015 the airstrike that killed at least 22 people at a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz was requested by afghan forces, not u.
Us did bomb doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. The united states military initially said the airstrike was carried out to defend u. Obama issues rare apology over bombing of doctors without. Oct 05, 2015 a doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was accidentally struck by the us military after afghan forces called for air support to eliminate a threat from the taliban, a us commander. Bombing a hospital in afghanistan is the modern american. Later, the united states commander in afghanistan, general john f. The pentagon has declared the bombing of a hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, a mistake.
This hospital bombing is sure to complicate the wests rhetoric against russian aggression considering their main talking point is concern over civilian and nonterrorist deaths at the hands of russia in syria. We have now learned that on october 3 afghan forces advised that. Oct 05, 2015 us repeatedly bombs hospital in kunduz, afghanistan by thomas gaist 5 october 2015 a protracted series of precisely targeted us airstrikes ripped through a doctors without bordersmedecins sans frontieres msf medical center in kunduz, afghanistan on saturday, killing at least 22 and wounding at least 37. Oct 05, 2015 that is to say, the us persisted in bombing a hospital that it explicitly knew before and during the attack was a hospital.
Airstrike hits doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. The best that nobel peace laureate president obama can do after the us bombs and destroys a hospital in afghanistan, killing 22 people, including 12. Bombing a hospital in afghanistan is the modern american way. Death toll rises to 30 in afghan hospital bombing usa today. A doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was accidentally struck by the us military after afghan forces called for air support to eliminate a threat from the taliban, a us. Us repeatedly bombs hospital in kunduz, afghanistan world. Instead, readers would learn that a hospital was bombed in afghanistan, and that people died. Obama apologizes for afghan hospital bombing youtube. Doctors without borders is calling for an independent investigationand you would think journalists would, too, since who knows. Northern alliance troops continued to surround kunduz the last major city controlled by the taliban in northern afghanistan this morning, as us bombers attacked the citys. They are now saying they had no choice but to bomb the hospital.
A doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was accidentally struck by the us military after afghan forces called for air support to eliminate a threat from the taliban, a us commander. The us bombs doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan. Oct 03, 2015 msfs full, frequently updated, hardtoread account of all of this is here this strike on a hospital in afghanistan comes days after the saudiled coalition bombed a wedding in yemen that. Hospital in afghanistan bombed by us world predictions. The escalating american air war over afghanistan took one extended familyand shattered it. Doctors without borders is calling for an independent investigationand you would think journalists would, too, since who. Us troops disciplined over afghan hospital bombing news. But it will investigate itself to determine how us bombs came to destroy the doctors without borders facility, killing at least 22 people. One day after warning russia of civilian casualties, the u. Oct 05, 2015 on the other, the us is being accused of razing a hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, killing 19 including three children and even continuing the attack for 30 minutes after being told what. Bombing a hospital in afghanistan is the modern american way of war. Why america dropped mother of all bombs on isis in afghanistan. The afghanistan papers reveal two decades of white house lies. Oct 05, 2015 bombing a hospital in afghanistan is the modern american way of war.
Medecins sans frontieres condemned the incident, saying all. Jan 23, 2017 according to recently released figures, the united states dropped 26,171 bombs on foreign countries in 2016. Sixteen people have been disciplined, but no one will face criminal charges after a doctors without borders hospital was mistakenly bombed during a u. The united states dropped more bombs and other munitions in afghanistan last year than. Since opening the hospital in 2011, more than 15,000 surgeries were conducted and more than 68,000 emergency patients were treated. The pentagon announced friday that 16 military personnel would be disciplined for the deadly u.
The radically changing story of the us airstrike on afghan hospital. Campbell said the attack was a mistake, and we would never intentionally. The us bombing of the kunduz doctors without borders hospital is not the first us or nato airstrike to result in massive civilian casualties, it is only one incident in a long series of mistakes that have been made by the us in afghanistan. Airstrike on doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan.
Why america dropped mother of all bombs on isis in. Us says they had to bomb afghanistan hospital to get taliban construction site was badly damaged in heavy fighting. The head of the united states military in afghanistan contradicted earlier statements by the u. Msf hospital in syria hit by doubletap barrel bombing. Death toll rises in suspected us airstrike on afghan hospital. Us dropped record 7,423 bombs on afghanistan last year the. Campbell, said the airstrike was requested by afghan forces who had come under taliban fire.
On 3 october 2015, us airstrikes destroyed our trauma hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. Taliban launches deadly bomb attack on kabul while holding talks. Oct 05, 2015 this week a doctors without borders hospital in kunduz afghanistan was bombed by us forces during the campaign to retake the city from the taliban. Oct 06, 2015 america admits mistakenly bombing msfs kunduz hospital in afghanistan general john campbell, head of us forces in afghanistan, has ordered that all troops in the country be retrained in the rules. That is to say, the us persisted in bombing a hospital that it explicitly knew before and during the attack was a hospital. On 3 october 2015, a united states air force acu gunship attacked the kunduz trauma centre operated by medecins sans frontieres msf, or doctors without borders in the city of kunduz, in the province of the same name in northern afghanistan. On 3 october 2015, a united states air force acu gunship attacked the kunduz trauma. The hospital was part of a branch called medecins sans frontieres, which is french for doctorswithoutborders. Oct 08, 2015 washington president obama personally apologized on wednesday to the head of doctors without borders for what he described as the mistaken bombing of its field hospital in kunduz, afghanistan. Rahmans house, along with three others, was destroyed when an airstrike targeted a house next door. About 16 us military personnel, including one general, have been disciplined in relation to the bombing of a civilian hospital in afghanistan last year that killed 42 people, a senior us official.
Also that day in a roadside bomb in western farah province killed the regions top police official, the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. Whats unusual about the kunduz hospital bombing is not that it happened but that it happened to a prominent european organization. In october, an msf hospital in kunduz, afghanistan, was all but destroyed by us airstrikes, killing 30 people including medical staff in what the organisation called a blatant breach of. The difference is that one required direct presidential approval in large part because it was a massive risk that could have backfired enormously if it had failed, and involved an action that only obama.
Phyllis bennis on us bombing of afghan hospital fair. The map below was recently featured in the independent and it was compiled with data. Apr 29, 2016 the pentagon announced friday that 16 military personnel would be disciplined for the deadly u. Afghanistan, attack on kunduz trauma centre how does law. Twentytwo patients and hospital staff members were killed when american bombs hit the hospital. As news of the united states bombing of this hospital spreads, it leaves little room for criticism of russian airstrikes. Us bombs kunduz, reporters seized in afghanistan, and mm02 floats. Msf has demanded an international inquiry into the us bombing of its clinic in the afghan city of kunduz, saying the attack may constitute a war crime. Since peace talks between the united states and the taliban collapsed. Oct 25, 2015 death toll rises to 30 in afghan hospital bombing. Us dropped 7,423 bombs in afghanistan in 2019 a new record. The latest figures from doctors without borders msf show the u.
For the 22 dead, the injured survivors and the casualties of fighting still going on in kunduz, it was a tragedy. The us has dropped 7,423 bombs on targets in afghanistan in 2019, marking a rise from the 7,362 munitions released in 2018, the us air forces central command afcent said in a report released on monday. Media are blamed as us bombing of afghan hospital is covered. Dec 08, 2016 the united states central command centcom has today confirmed that it launched an airstrike against one of mosuls main hospitals in support of the iraqi security forces isf, after isf uni. Oct 05, 2015 us repeatedly bombs hospital in kunduz, afghanistan by thomas gaist 5 october 2015 a protracted series of precisely targeted us airstrikes ripped through a doctors without bordersmedecins sans. Us repeatedly bombs hospital in kunduz, afghanistan by thomas gaist 5 october 2015 a protracted series of precisely targeted us airstrikes ripped. American military investigators are still not sure why a hospital in kunduz was bombed. Airstrike hits doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan the. The damaged hospital in which the medecins sans frontieres msf medical.
The new york times peddles excuses for kunduz hospital. Nov 04, 2015 inside the afghan hospital bombed by the u. The us has said its airstrike on an msf facility in afghanistan was a mistake. The figure represents a dramatic increase in bombings in afghanistan in contrast to 2009 when 4,147 bombs were dropped under former president barack obama. Oct 04, 2015 airstrike hits doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan georgia novello, a nurse in kabul, comforted an 8yearold girl wounded, along with her mother, in an airstrike in kunduz. Possible us airstrike hits doctors without borders hospital in. It has been reported that at least 42 people were killed and over 30 were injured. Then they showed a large metal eagle fly over the desert. Msf nurse lajos zoltan jecs was in the kunduz trauma hospital in northern afghanistan when it was hit early saturday morning, likely by u. A few minutes later, he received a chilling update. Us says they had to bomb afghanistan hospital to get. A doctors without borders hospital in afghanistan was struck accidentally after afghan forces called for u.
The 2017 nangarhar airstrike refers to the american bombing of the achin district located in the nangarhar province of eastern afghanistan, near the border with pakistan. There are 117 governmentrun hospitals in afghanistan and a number of private or internationallyadministered hospitals. Air force combined forces air component commander cfacc confirmed its manned and unmanned aircraft had released 7,423 weapons in 2019 over the course of 2,434 bombing missions. Will its proxies prepare more fake videos that allegedly show such bombings. Campbell, said that american troops had come under fire in the vicinity of the hospital and that an investigation into the airstrike. Neither the united states or afghanistan are signatories to the commission, which means that they would have to agree to being. A bomb crater is seen from the remains of haji fazhul rahmans house in kunduz on oct. The site of a bomb attack in zabul, afghanistan, on thursday. America admits mistakenly bombing msfs kunduz hospital in. The united states embassy in kabul said it mourns for the individuals and families affected by the tragic incident at the doctors without borders hospital.
Us bombs afghan hospital while the pentagon now refuses to. Oct 21, 2015 the us has said its airstrike on an msf facility in afghanistan was a mistake. It might change the attitudes of the american people. On april 2017, the united states conducted an airstrike and used the largest nonnuclear bomb in its arsenal, the gbu43b massive ordnance air blast moab, with the goal of destroying tunnel complexes used by the islamic.
Us bombs afghan hospital while the pentagon now refuses to even comment on the afghan war. February 7 a suicide bomb blast outside of the supreme court of afghanistan in kabul killed 20 people and injured 48 more. The us dropped more bombs on afghanistan in 2019 than any other year since the pentagon began keeping a tally in 2006, reflecting an apparent effort to force concessions from the taliban at the. Wounded men receive treatment in a hospital after a bomb blast in kabul. Or that it uses dumb bombs or barrel bombs that cause collateral damage. Us repeatedly bombs hospital in kunduz, afghanistan.
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