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The attack made the hospital unusable. All critical patients were referred to other providers, and all MSF staff were evacuated from Kunduz. Before the bombing, the MSF's hospital was the only active medical facility in the area. [5] It has been the only trauma center in northeastern Afghanistan.
The local Kunduz Provincial Hospital reported 35 deaths and more than 50 injuries. Twenty fatalities were reported from Médecins Sans Frontières. [10] According to a Taliban official, there were 100 victims, adding that most were dead. [11] The official death toll provided to media outlets is 50, and 143 others were injured.
A US AC-130 airstrike hit a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF [Doctors Without Borders]), killing at 42 people, [30] in a series of bombing raids that lasted from 2:08 am local time until 3:15 am on 3 October. [16] [31] The trauma center was destroyed during the attack while there were 105 patients and 80 medical staff inside. [30]
The Kunduz Trauma Centre was a hospital operated by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan from 29 August 2011 until 3 October 2015 when it was destroyed in an airstrike by a United States Air Force AC-130U gunship. Before the bombing, the MSF's hospital was the only active medical facility in the area. [1]
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On 19 May, the Taliban killed a policeman and a civilian and injured 18 others in a motorbike bomb in Kunduz, Afghanistan. On the same day, the Taliban attempted to capture Kunduz, attacking several government posts but were repelled by the Afghan security forces. The Taliban were forced to flee the city, leaving ten dead bodies behind. [51]
The explosion was broadcast live by Al Jazeera, a news organization owned by the Qatari government, whose cameras were trained on Gaza. At 6:59 p.m. local time — just before noon ET — the ...
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