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| Kunduz hospital: US forces disciplined over Afghan bombing | Kunduz hospital: US forces disciplined over Afghan bombing |
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| Sixteen US military personnel have been punished with disciplinary measures over the bombing of an Afghan hospital that left 42 dead, officials say. | Sixteen US military personnel have been punished with disciplinary measures over the bombing of an Afghan hospital that left 42 dead, officials say. |
| No criminal charges have been filed, according to an unnamed official quoted by the AP news agency. | No criminal charges have been filed, according to an unnamed official quoted by the AP news agency. |
| The attack on the Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital took place last October during a campaign to retake Kunduz from Taliban forces. | |
| The Pentagon is expected to release a report on the investigation on Friday. | The Pentagon is expected to release a report on the investigation on Friday. |
| The service members, including some special operations personnel, received administrative punishments, reports said. | |
| A US military inquiry had already found that the attack was "human error". | |
| An AC-130 gunship aircraft mistook the clinic for a nearby government building that had been seized by Taliban fighters. | |
| MSF called the incident was a war crime. | |
| In a report MSF said its staff contacted US-led forces several times during the attack, saying they were being bombed. | |
| It also asked for an independent international investigation into the bombardment. |