After Obama apology, Doctors Without Borders continues pressing for investigation
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that Obama called MSF chief Joanne Liu “to apologise and express his condolences” over the weekend attack.
“We received President Obama’s apology today for the attack against our trauma hospital in Afghanistan”, Doctors Without Borders global President Dr. Joanne Liu said in a statement Wednesday night.
The bombing of the hospital on Saturday, which killed 12 members of the Doctors Without Borders staff as well as 10 patients, has repeatedly been characterized by the White House as a mistake. President Obama also Chairman of the Afghan State Ashraf Ghani t be found because of the death of innocent people their condolences on Saturday, calling the bombardment. He said the united states were still operating with Afghanistan’s federal along with its across the world lovers to enhance intrusion in Afghanistan.
Stokes, however, charged that the airstrikes amounted to violations of worldwide humanitarian law and “an attack on the Geneva Conventions itself”.
The New York Times on Tuesday, citing officials close to Campbell, said United States special forces in Kunduz were unable to verify whether the hospital was a legitimate target before the bombs were dropped.
MSF wants an independent organization, not beholden to the US government or its interests, to investigate why the hospital was bombed.
Zafar Hashemi, deputy spokesman for the Afghan president, said his government was committed to a full, transparent investigation and “will fully cooperate with the investigation through appropriate channels agreed upon by our partners” in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Resolute Support mission.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is leaving the door open for a larger security force in Afghanistan than initially planned after 2016, but officials says the alliance is waiting for the U.S.to announce its decision about future troop levels, which could come as soon as next week.
The general told lawmakers earlier this week that he favored retaining a larger USA military presence in Afghanistan next year than envisioned in current plans, which calls for an embassy-based force by the end of 2016.
The apology wasn’t also limited in words but also in action since Obama might also consider making changes to avoid similar incidents according to a report from Al Jazeera.
The hospital had treated almost 400 people, including a few Taliban, wounded in heavy fighting in the days before the attack, MSF’s Bruno Jochum said.