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President Obama apologizes for airstrike on Afghan hospital

Hospital on fire (Doctors Without Borders)
Hospital on fire
(Doctors Without Borders)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. President Barack Obama today apologized for a military airstrike on an Afghan hospital that killed 22 people.

President Obama spoke today by phone with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) International President Dr. Joanne Liu to apologize and express his condolences for the MSF staff and patients who were killed and injured when a U.S. military airstrike mistakenly struck an MSF field hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

During the call, President Obama expressed regret over the tragic incident and offered his thoughts and prayers on behalf of the American people to the victims, their families, and loved ones. Acknowledging the great respect he has for the important and lifesaving work that MSF does for vulnerable communities in Afghanistan and around the world, the President assured Dr. Liu of his expectation that the Department of Defense investigation currently underway would provide a transparent, thorough, and objective accounting of the facts and circumstances of the incident and pledged full cooperation with the joint investigations being conducted with NATO and the Afghan Government.

Just days ago, Doctors Without Borders blasted the bombing as a possible “war crime”.

On the morning of October 3, a trauma hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan was hit by a series of aerial bombing raids at approximately 15 minute intervals. The main central hospital building, housing the intensive care unit, emergency rooms, and physiotherapy ward, was repeatedly hit very precisely during each aerial raid, while surrounding buildings were left mostly untouched.  A total of 22 people were killed.

Currently, the United States and its allies are scolding Russia for bombings in nearby Syria, another war-torn Middle Eastern nation.

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