I saw this story and had to post. Apologies if it's already here.
http://www.theguardian.com/...
A US airstrike appears to have hit a hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières in the Afghan city of Kunduz early on Saturday morning.
MSF said its hospital in the war-torn northern city was bombed and badly damaged in an aerial attack that killed at least three staff members.
At the time of the bombing, 105 patients and their caretakers and more than 80 MSF international and national staff were in the hospital, the charity said. Thirty staff were still unaccounted for.
This is sad, sad news. Just saw NBC posting a similar headline.
UPDATE #1:
Revised diary title and added blockquote, as suggested in comments. Thanks.
UPDATE #2: MSF news release confirms three dead and more than 30 unaccounted for.
Trauma center on fire:
8:46 AM PT: UPDATE #3: Thanks to everyone who recommended this diary and updated information in the comments as I was asleep.
The Guardian liveblog is a good source for updates.
http://www.theguardian.com/...
Death toll is reported to be 20 now, and confirmed at at least 16.
10:15 AM PT: UPDATE #4:
Thanks to Garrett for posting a link to a New York Times story:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
For anyone interested, the MSF donation page may be found here:
http://www.msf.org/...
11:07 AM PT: UPDATE #5:
MSF via Twitter: Death toll now 12 MSF staff, at least 7 patients.
https://twitter.com/...
12:12 PM PT: UPDATE #6:
Recent post on the Guardian liveblog says, "The UN's high commissioner for human rights has warned that the bombing of the MSF hospital could constitute a war crime."
http://www.theguardian.com/...