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Outrage After U.S. Airstrike on Hospital Kills 22 Patients & Staff

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Doctors Without Borders is demanding an independent international inquiry into a U.S. airstrike Saturday on an Afghan hospital in the city of Kunduz that killed 22 people, including 12 staff members and 10 patients, three of them children. At least three dozen people were injured. The attack continued for 30 minutes after the U.S. and Afghan militaries were informed by telephone that the hospital was being bombed. "Democracy Now!" speaks with Dr. Gino Strada, co-founder of Emergency, an Italian NGO that provides free medical care to victims of war.

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