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A report by the U.S. military on the aerial attack by a Special Operations AC-130 gunship on a
Doctors Without Borders medical facility in Kunduz City is due out soon. The report was vetted by General John Campbell (Commander of U.S. and Resolute Support forces in Afghanistan) as well as Pentagon officials to ensure classified information was not released. Read more in a
news report by
Reuters, November 20, 2015. Some initial observations about the report are contained in this news story -
"Multiple Errors Cited in U.S. Airstrike on Doctors Without Borders Hospital",
The New York Times, November 24, 2015. Medecins Sans Frontierres published an
online memoriam on the 14 members of the medical staff killed during the attack. General Campbell presented a press statement about the investigation on November 25th (watch
15 mins video posted by
DVIDS).
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