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US General to Announce Findings of Probe Into Air Attack on Kunduz Hospital

© AP Photo / Najim RahimIn this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 photo, an employee of Doctors Without Borders walks inside the charred remains of their hospital after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 photo, an employee of Doctors Without Borders walks inside the charred remains of their hospital after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. - Sputnik International
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General John Campbell, Commander of US Forces in Afghanistan, will announce findings from the inquiry into the October 3 bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan that killed up to 46 people, US Department of Defense spokesman Peter Cook said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — On October 3, a US AC-130 gunship shot 30mm cannon shells for 30 minutes into a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan killing at least 22 medical staff and patients, including three children. Another 24 people are still missing and are believed dead.

"General Campbell will reveal on Wednesday [the findings of] the inquiry into the attack on the hospital in Kunduz," Cook told reporters at a daily briefing on Tuesday.

Cook acknowledged that US tactical air support operations needed to be strictly controlled to prevent such a tragedy happening again.

"The proper protocols need to be followed both in Afghanistan and around the world," he said.

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