US analysts knew Afghanistan airstrike site was hospital

US special operations analysts knew a site in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which was hit by an airstrike that killed at least 22 people earlier this month was a hospital.

US analysts knew Afghanistan airstrike site was hospital

US special operations analysts knew a site in Kunduz, Afghanistan, which was hit by an airstrike that killed at least 22 people earlier this month was a hospital.

The Associated Press has learned that US special operations analysts were gathering intelligence on the facility run by medical aid group Doctors Without Borders because they suspected it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate Taliban activity.

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