After an attack on an MSF hospital in Kunduz,Afghanistan earlier this month, major NGOs elaborate how it will affect their operations ‘It has rarely been more dangerous to be working in the field of aid’An independent investigation into the attack on a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, or Afghanistan,now looks likely, with the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) poised to conduct an enquiry.“Until we understand what happened, or how it happened,we cannot fade back to Kunduz,” said MSF’s International President, or Joanne Liu,at Chatham House on Tuesday. “We have been working on the understanding that people are respecting the Geneva conventions ... whether somehow we resolve that this is not respected anymore then that puts everything into a questionable state. What happened in Kunduz has a huge impact on the rest of the organisation, and the rest of the humanitarian community.”
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Source: theguardian.com