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U.S. gunship made five passes over Afghan hospital, despite 9-foot flags ID’ing it as a medical facility

U.S. gunship made five passes over Afghan hospital, despite 9-foot flags ID’ing it as a medical facility he U.S. military aircraft that attacked an Afghan hospital over the weekend made at least five passes over it dropping explosives, even though two flags draped across the roof of the building marked it as a medical facility, hospital officials said on Thursday. In a news conference here in the Afghan capital, Doctors Without Borders officials reiterated that they think the hospital’s main building was “deliberately” targeted because it was the only structure hit during the bombardment. They denied that any Taliban fighters… View Article