UAE- Attack on Kunduz hospital a costly mistake: paper

11/28/2015 4:13:14 AM

(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))

ABU DHABI 28th November 2015 (WAM) --- It's rare for the United States to ever admit that it was wrong; even rarer when that admission is related to the theatre of war a local news paper said Saturday in an editorial.

But such an admission the paper added has come with the report into the bombing of a hospital in Kunduz Afghanistan on 2nd October.

"The hospital was being operated by the Nobel Peace Prize winning organisation Doctors Without Borders and the US air strike killed at least 31 civilians and wounded many more. Medical staff were also killed in the attack" wrote the Gulf News adding that the report into the tragedy has revealed that the events that led to the firing of the air-to-surface missiles were the culmination of a long series of egregious errors.

The English language paper said the intended target was a Taliban headquarters nearly half a kilometre away. "Afghan national forces on the ground had identified the Taliban headquarters but US forces believed they were referring to the hospital structure. And yes even the maps that were used by the US were wrong."

The aircrew and personnel responsible have been suspended and are awaiting disciplinary procedures it added.

"Maybe Washington should use some of the money it uses on its technology of war to fund humanitarian groups instead like Doctors Without Borders" the Gulf News concluded.

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