The US Defense Department reportedly meted out only administrative punishments to 11 military personnel involved in the October 3, 2015 airstrikes on a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 42 medical workers and patients. That means letters of reprimand and other noncriminal penalties for those who ordered and carried out the attack. For good reason the victims’ family members will see this as both an injustice and an insult: the US military investigated itself and decided no crimes had been committed.
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Dispatches: Afghan Inquiry Slaps Wrists, Sidelines Justice
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