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Kunduz Hospital Bombing: Probable Cause That the U.S. Committed a War Crime

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Oct 14, 2015 The Pentagon has access to video and audio recordings taken from the gunship that carried out the attack that killed 22, so officials must know what actually occurred. It's time for a full accounting. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Why Bombing a Hospital Is a War Crime

Staff / Truthdig Oct 9, 2015 To call the U.S. bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, a war crime and to demand reparations, healing and a public rethinking of the aims of this war is perhaps the most effective way we have to address war itself, to stand up to its powerful perpetrators and to put a halt to their uncontrolled behavior. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Says Kunduz Hospital Was ‘Mistakenly Struck’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 7, 2015 This just in from Capitol Hill: Gen. John Campbell, America's head military honcho in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that a Doctors Without Borders-affiliated hospital in Kunduz was "mistakenly struck" in Saturday's air attack. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Airstrike Hits Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan, Killing at Least 19 People

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Oct 3, 2015 A hospital run by Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, was badly damaged Saturday in what appears to have been a U.S. airstrike. At least 19 people were killed, including 12 hospital staff members, and dozens were wounded. Reportedly among the dead was the Afghan head of the hospital, Abdul Sattar. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Final Collapse of Bush’s Nation-Building: Kunduz Falls to Taliban

Juan Cole / Truthdig Sep 30, 2015 On Monday, the Taliban swept into the provincial capital of Kunduz, taking it in half a day from a large and well-equipped Afghan National Army force. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Afghan Suicide Attacks Kill 13

Staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2010 Attacks on two Afghan military bases killed at least 13 members of the country's security forces. One of the attacks, blamed on the Taliban, was against a training center on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )