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US acts on ‘tragic’ Afghan hospital attack

The commander of US forces in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that several members of the US military had been suspended for their role in an air strike that killed 30 people at a hospital in Kunduz last month.

General John Campbell said the attack on the Médecins Sans Frontières hospital had been a “tragic mistake” that was the result of “avoidable human error”.

He said it took 17 minutes for commanders to call off the assault on the building after being told by MSF it was a hospital. Gen Campbell added that fatigue among the US troops involved in the bombing had been one of the factors.

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