Strike On An Afghan Hospital

Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said today his country supported the use of an international commission based in Bern to probe a deadly US air strike on an Afghan hospital.

Thirty-three people are still missing five days after a catastrophic US air strike on an Afghan hospital, medical charity MSF said today, sparking fears that the death toll may significantly rise.

The United States military took responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, calling it a mistake and vowing to hold people accountable.

The United Nations said on Monday it would wait for the results of U.S., NATO and Afghan investigations into a deadly air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan before deciding whether to support an independent probe.

Medical charity MSF said Sunday it had shut down operations in the Afghan city of Kunduz after an apparent US bombing raid on its hospital, demanding an independent investigation into what it labelled a war crime.

President Barack Obama has pledged a full investigation into an apparent US air strike on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people, in a bombing the UN said could amount to a war crime.

Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter said today his country supported the use of an international commission based in Bern to probe a deadly US air strike on an Afghan hospital.

Thirty-three people are still missing five days after a catastrophic US air strike on an Afghan hospital, medical charity MSF said today, sparking fears that the death toll may significantly rise.

The United States military took responsibility on Tuesday for a deadly air strike on a hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, calling it a mistake and vowing to hold people accountable.

The United Nations said on Monday it would wait for the results of U.S., NATO and Afghan investigations into a deadly air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in Afghanistan before deciding whether to support an independent probe.

Medical charity MSF said Sunday it had shut down operations in the Afghan city of Kunduz after an apparent US bombing raid on its hospital, demanding an independent investigation into what it labelled a war crime.

President Barack Obama has pledged a full investigation into an apparent US air strike on an Afghan hospital that killed 19 people, in a bombing the UN said could amount to a war crime.