“There has to be an independent investigation, this is very important,” Meinie Nicolai told RIA Novosti.
She added that “it cannot be the armies involved that do the investigation.”
“This is an attack on a hospital by armed forces which is against international humanitarian law, and these needs a full and complete, transparent and independent investigation,” Nicolai stressed.
"We are in the aftermath of a very serious incident, we lost 12 colleagues and we are analyzing the situation so this is too early, I can’t answer this question," Nicolai said, answering a question on whether MSF is going to suspend its operation in Afghanistan.
Earlier in the day, Communications Manager for MSF Kate Stegeman said that the hospital in Kunduz was not functional anymore.
The bombing took place despite MSF reporting the hospital location to all the parties in the Afghanistan conflict and continued over 30 minutes after US and Afghan military were first notified of the incident, according to the humanitarian organization.
Washington and Kabul have launched a joint investigation into the bombing.
