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| 16 people will be pubished for their involvement in October strike on Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz in Afganistan, which resulted from human errors and technology failures, according to US Central Command official. | |
| Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command presented the result of the military investigation into the bombing of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) facility that claimed lives of 42. He said the operation was launched earlier that planned and the crew was not well prepared. In addition, he said that the satellite radio signal failed. | |
| Votel said the crew mistakenly believed that they were firing on intended target, that is a Taliban compound located 400 miles away, not the protected trauma center. | |
| He also noted that people on the ground experienced "fatigue" from previous operations that also contributed to the mistake. | |
| Sixteen people will be punished for their involvement in the attack. Votel didn't disclose their identities. | |
| None of the 16 will be court martialed, but one officer was suspended from command and was removed from Afghanistan. Seven received letters of punishment of reprimand – an administrative punishment that can have far-reaching consequences for a service member’s career – six were sent to counseling, and two were ordered to undergo retraining courses. | |
| None of the failures will be considered war crimes, Votel said. | |
| An earlier report from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) says that was “fully functioning” at the time of the airstrikes, with 105 patients admitted and surgeries taking place, according to the findings of the investigation. | |
| “Patients burned in their beds, medical staff were decapitated and lost limbs, and others were shot by the circling AC-130 gunship while fleeing the burning building. At least 30 MSF staff and patients were killed,” it states. | |
| Defense Secretary Ash Carter is expected to issue guidance designed to avoid similar problems in the future. | |
| Votel kept reminding reporters through the press conference that it was "an intense combat situation". | |