More of that "collateral damage"
An airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan, apparently launched by US forces, has killed at least 16 people including nine medical charity workers and three child patients.
Here is the Guardians latest story and here is what we know so far:
The hospital, run by Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), in Kunduz, a city in northern Afghanistan, was hit several times and badly damaged during sustained bombing at 2.10am UTC on 3 October.
The charity has confirmed 16 deaths, of whom nine were staff and seven were patients, and at least 37 wounded in the incident, of whom 19 were staff. At the time of the bombing, 105 patients and their carers, and more than 80 MSF international and national staff were in the hospital (see 3.46pm).
None of the international doctors volunteering at the facility were hurt (see 9.41am). .................(more)
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/oct/03/msf-staff-killed-in-suspected-us-strike-on-afghan-hospital-latest