Doctors Without Borders called U.S. in distress during hospital bombing, was told 'I'm sorry to hear that'

At least 30 staff members and patients were killed in a U.S.-led airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in October — even though the humanitarian organization made repeated distress calls to U.S. and Afghan officials during the attack. Now, new information detailed in an internal report by Doctors Without Borders claims that even when staff tried to flee from the hospital, they were hit with gunfire, likely from a plane.

The report further claims that Doctors Without Borders had confirmed the hospital's coordinates with U.S. and Afghan officials before the attack, and that the night of the strike was quiet and without fighting. That statement is contrary to an assertion by the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John F. Campbell, who said in the days following the attack that the strikes were in response to Afghan forces who claimed to be under fire. However, even when fully informed of the hospital's location, the attack was not called off:

Doctors Without Borders has insisted that the attack was a violation of the Geneva Convention and a war crime. Read the full report over at BuzzFeed.

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