LETS TAKE OBAMA'S GUNS AWAY ! PRESIDENT OBAMA LECTURES THE AMERICAN GUN OWNER ABOUT GUN LAWS & THE NEXT DAY KILLS 9 INNOCENT PEOPLE !
ITS JUST LIKE A PILE OF DOG CRAP LIBERAL !
US airstrike in Afghanistan possibly kills 9 Doctors Without Borders members | Fox News
Nine local staffers for Doctors Without Borders were killed and 30 were missing after an explosion near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that may have been caused by a U.S. airstrike.
In a statement, the international charity said the "sustained bombing" took place at 2:10 a.m local time. Afghan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes have been fighting to dislodge Taliban insurgents who overran Kunduz on Monday.
U.S. forces in Afghanistan said they conducted an airstrike on Kunduz at 2:15 a.m. The spokesman, U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, said the strike "may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility" and that the incident was under investigation. Tribus said it was the 12th U.S. airstrike "in the Kunduz vicinity" since Tuesday.
U.S. Army Col. Brian Tribus, a spokesman for the forces in Afghanistan, confirmed in a statement that airstrikes did occur in the area and that in incident is under investigation.
'I heard the sound of the bomb and rushed to the hospital to get news. The operating theater was on fire, people were terrified, running everywhere'- witness
Doctors Without Borders said its trauma center "was hit several times during sustained bombing and was very badly damaged." At the time of the bombing, the hospital had 105 patients and their caretakers, and more than 80 international and Afghan staff, it said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said 10 to 15 "terrorists" had been hiding in the hospital at the time of the strike. "All of the terrorists were killed but we also lost doctors," he told a press conference. He said 80 staff at the hospital, including 15 foreigners, had been taken to safety.
Doctors Without Borders said all of its international staffers were alive and accounted for. It said it regularly updated its GPS coordinates with all parties to the conflict.
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