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Urgent: Air strikes on hospital in N. Afghanistan kill 15 insurgents

Xinhua, October 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

Up to 15 Taliban militants, who were hiding in a hospital in the northern Kunduz city, were killed on Saturday, Kunduz police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said.

"A large number of Taliban militants were hiding in the hospital of Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) in Kunduz city and the security forces conducted air raids against the hideout early Saturday, killing 15 insurgents on the spot," Hussaini told Xinhua. Endi