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Doctors Without Borders reiterates call for independent probe on Afghan hospital bombing

Xinhua, October 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), on Thursday repeated its call for an independent international committee to probe an airstrike against its hospital allegedly conducted by U.S. forces in northern Afghan province of Kunduz, saying the impartial probe was absolutely necessary for the incident.

The MSF General Director Christopher Stokes told reporters here that the aid group is calling for an International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to ensure maximum transparency and accountability on the Kunduz incident.

On Saturday, 22 people, including 12 MSF staff and 10 patients, were killed and about 37 others wounded after the deadly attack struck the aid group's hospital in the militancy-hit city.

While investigations by the U.S., NATO and the Afghan government were underway, the MSF urged earlier that "more are needed." The aid group wants a fact-finding mission to determine whether the attack violated the Geneva Conventions. Endi