President Obama called Doctors Without Borders to
apologize for the U.S. bombing of its hospital in
Afghanistan and promised changes to procedures
if necessary, White House spokesman Josh
Earnest said Wednesday.
Fabrice Coffrini, AFP/Getty Images
Joanne Liu , international president of Doctors
Without Borders, gestures as more
The apology came hours after the medical aid
group called for an independent investigation of the
attack under the terms of the Geneva Conventions.
Doctors Without Borders has condemned the
airstrike on the hospital in Kunduz as a possible
"war crime."
Earnest disputed claims the airstrike amounted to a
war crime, saying there is no evidence "that this
was anything other than a terrible, tragic mistake."
At least 22 people were killed in Saturday's
airstrike, which the U.S. said was a mistake made
during fighting between Afghan forces and the
Taliban, which took control of the city for three
days last week.
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"The president offered up his personal apology,"
Earnest said. Obama told the organization that an
ongoing Pentagon investigation would "provide a
transparent, thorough and objective accounting of
the facts and circumstances of the incident," he
added.
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