'No armed fighters' in Afghan hospital bombed by US forces

Wounded Taliban fighters were being treated in an Afghan hospital bombed by US forces but there were no armed men or fighting in the area, Doctors Without Borders said.

'No armed fighters' in Afghan hospital bombed by US forces

Wounded Taliban fighters were being treated in an Afghan hospital bombed by US forces but there were no armed men or fighting in the area, Doctors Without Borders said.

The internal report into the incident by the international medical charity, known by its French acronym MSF, confirmed that US forces had the exact co-ordinates of the clinic before launching an aerial assault on October 3 that killed 30 people, including doctors and patients.

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