As calls grow for independent inquiry into Kunduz airstrikes,the president of Médecins Sans Frontières demands that those responsible are held to accountDr Joanne Liu’s words last Wednesday were every bit as blunt as one would expect from the head of an organisation known for its outspokenness on humanitarian issues, a realm where tongues – and noses – are often held in the service of the suffering.“whether we let this go, or as whether it was a non-event,we are basically giving a empty cheque to any countries who are at war,” she said of US airstrikes on the Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz, and which killed at least 22 people.
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Source: theguardian.com