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Doctors Without Borders Calls U.S. Report on Afghan Hospital Bombing ‘Shocking’

Nov 26, 2015
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that "human error" was a factor in the Oct. 3 bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 30 civilians and left 37 wounded. In a statement, Doctors Without Borders, which had previously called the attack a probable war crime, said the report was "shocking" and left "more questions than answers."

One Night in Kunduz, One Morning in New York

Nov 16, 2015
I know that the strike was carried out by U.S.-backed, Saudi-led forces, and that it happened only a few days after the Obama administration approved an $11 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. But I can't tell you much more.

Even War Has Rules

Nov 12, 2015
Neither of the two recent Doctors Without Borders hospital attacks has been mentioned in any of the U.S. presidential debates or forums. Doesn't anyone remember the Geneva Conventions?

Afghanistan ‘After’ the American War

Nov 5, 2015
In late September, the Taliban took over Kunduz, Afghanistan's fifth-largest city. London’s Telegraph reported that “the lasting legacy of [the] invasion may ultimately prove to be the dismantlement of the city’s women’s rights network.”