USA: President Obama has formally apologized for the hospital bombing in Kunduz
The president of the United States of America Barack Obama apologized in a telephone conversation with the head of Doctors Without Borders for the bombing by American air forces of the Agency hospital in Kunduz in Afghanistan today said the White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
"The president assured the Dr. Joanne Liu (the president of MSF) that the defense ministry inquiry that is already under way will lead to a transparent, comprehensive and objective conclusion on the facts and circumstances of the incident, "said Ernest. "If necessary, the President will give command changes that tragedies like this are less likely to recur in the future," he added.
The air strikes of the US Air Force in Kunduz on October 3 caused the death of 22 people, including 12 members of Doctors Without Borders.
The international humanitarian organization described the attack as potential war crime and called for an independent international investigation into the incident.
The White House spokesman declined to comment on that classification MDM. "The use of this term leads to a particular legal interpretation and (...) the defense ministry (...) take more security measures than anyone else ... to prevent the loss of innocent lives in enterprises carried out," he said.
He concluded that Obama felt he had the necessary information about the incident to give a formal apology to Liu and other members of the group Doctors Without Borders.
The president of the United States of America Barack Obama apologized in a telephone conversation with the head of Doctors Without Borders for the bombing by American air forces of the Agency hospital in Kunduz in Afghanistan today said the White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
"The president assured the Dr. Joanne Liu (the president of MSF) that the defense ministry inquiry that is already under way will lead to a transparent, comprehensive and objective conclusion on the facts and circumstances of the incident, "said Ernest. "If necessary, the President will give command changes that tragedies like this are less likely to recur in the future," he added.
The air strikes of the US Air Force in Kunduz on October 3 caused the death of 22 people, including 12 members of Doctors Without Borders.
The international humanitarian organization described the attack as potential war crime and called for an independent international investigation into the incident.
The White House spokesman declined to comment on that classification MDM. "The use of this term leads to a particular legal interpretation and (...) the defense ministry (...) take more security measures than anyone else ... to prevent the loss of innocent lives in enterprises carried out," he said.
He concluded that Obama felt he had the necessary information about the incident to give a formal apology to Liu and other members of the group Doctors Without Borders.
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