After the airstrike hit the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan, the international president of the organization, Joanne Liu, called for an independent investigation of the attack. The attack killed 12 medical staffers and 10 patients.
Liu called out statements that described the attack as "collateral damage" or that brushed off the attack as an "accident." She believes that the attack was on the Geneva Commissions rather than just on the hospital. The bombing has been likened to a war crime. Despite Gen. John F. Campbell's statement that the hospital was "mistakenly struck", the 10 medical staff members killed in the attack happened to all be Afghan.
Healthcare must be accessible in areas where conflict may be taking place. According to Liu, we must safeguard space as to allow access to health care in areas of armed conflict.
The United States army, the Afghanistan authorities and NATO are looking into the bombing, however Liu refuses to rely entirely on inter-military organizations and has called upon the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to investigate the attack.
Upasna Barath
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/europe/kunduz-afghanistan-hospital-doctors-without-borders.html?ref=world
Liu called out statements that described the attack as "collateral damage" or that brushed off the attack as an "accident." She believes that the attack was on the Geneva Commissions rather than just on the hospital. The bombing has been likened to a war crime. Despite Gen. John F. Campbell's statement that the hospital was "mistakenly struck", the 10 medical staff members killed in the attack happened to all be Afghan.
Healthcare must be accessible in areas where conflict may be taking place. According to Liu, we must safeguard space as to allow access to health care in areas of armed conflict.
The United States army, the Afghanistan authorities and NATO are looking into the bombing, however Liu refuses to rely entirely on inter-military organizations and has called upon the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to investigate the attack.
Upasna Barath
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/world/europe/kunduz-afghanistan-hospital-doctors-without-borders.html?ref=world
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