Just Security: The US now needs to work especially hard to fulfill UNAMA’s recommendations to ensure its investigation is independent, impartial, prompt, transparent, and effective… Click here to read more (external link).
Common Dreams: There is “strong” evidence that the U.S. military attack on a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan two months ago constituted a criminal act, and should be investigated as such, Human Rights Watch said Monday in a letter to Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press December 17, 2015 Security forces have arrested five suspects in connection to the tragedy that took place in Nangarhar province this week. Ataullah Khogyani, spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province said on Thursday that the detained suspects have been put behind the bars and further investigation is underway from them to get
ASSADABAD, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) — Four people, all civilians, were killed in a blast that rocked Shigal district in the eastern Kunar province, a local official said Monday. “The blast took place in a shop in Shigal district Sunday evening, leaving four civilians dead including two teachers,” head of provincial council Jamaludin Sayar told
VOA News December 12, 2015 Doctors Without Borders said the death toll from the mistaken half-hour aerial attack on its hospital by U.S. forces in Kunduz in October has risen to 42. Previous reports had the death toll at 30. The international charity, also known by its French acronym MSF, said the revised figures include
KABUL, 12 December 2015 – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) today released Human Rights and Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict in Kunduz province. This special report documents civilian harm and human rights concerns in Kunduz province from 28 September to
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 10, 2015 ISLAMABAD—A large-scale Taliban assault on a key airport in southern Afghanistan ended late Wednesday, according to Afghan officials, who said that the deal toll his risen to 50. The Afghan Defense Ministry said 38 civilians, 10 soldiers, and two policemen were killed in the attack, which began early
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 10, 2015 Doctors Without Borders delivered a petition with 547,000 signatures to the White House December 9 demanding an independent investigation into U.S. air strikes at its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The October 3 bombing killed at least 30 people, including 14 staff members, and destroyed the hospital, which was
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 9, 2015 ISLAMABAD—An overnight Taliban assault on a key airport in southern Afghanistan killed 37 people and wounded 35 others as clashes continued into Wednesday, Afghan and insurgent officials said. A group of at least 10 heavily armed suicide bombers wearing uniforms of Afghan security forces Tuesday night stormed the airfield in
VOA News Ken Schwartz December 8, 2015 Five Taliban gunmen are holding a number of civilians hostage as they fight Afghan security forces at a military housing bloc near the Kandahar airport. Earlier Tuesday, Taliban suicide bombers attacked the complex, killing 18 people including women and children. Nine of the suicide bombers were killed while