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US To Compensate Kunduz Hospital Bombing Victims

The US is to pay compensation for those killed and injured in an air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in northern Afghanistan. … Continue reading US To Compensate Kunduz Hospital Bombing Victims


US to compensate Kunduz Hospital Bombing VictimThe US is to pay compensation for those killed and injured in an air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in northern Afghanistan.

The Pentagon said that the strike was a mistake and that it was trying to target Taliban insurgents.

MSF called the attack a war crime and called for an international committee to investigate.

Those injured in the strike and the families of those killed are eligible for “condolence payments” from the US.

Funds would also be made available to repair the hospital, the Pentagon added.

President Barrack Obama apologised to the MSF President and the Afghan Leader for the incident.

MSF is still trying to trace more than 30 staff and patients who remained unaccounted for.

At least 22 staff and patients were killed in the bombing in the city of Kunduz a week ago.