US troops discplined over hospital attack

The US military has punished over a dozen of its personnel over the attack on an MSF-run hospital in Kunduz last year.

An air strike killed 42 people in the hospital and the Pentagon acknowledged that it was a mistake. However no troops will face criminal charges.

Some of the personnel will be suspended while others will receive formal reprimands.

MSF said the incident constituted "violations of the rules of war". The hospital was destroyed and the NGO pulled out of the city after the attack. Army Gen John Campbell, the top US commander in Afghanistan at the time, said the incident was a "tragic but avoidable accident caused primarily by human error".

President Barack Obama apologised for the attack.

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