Afghanistan

U.S. Airstrike Destroys Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Kunduz, Kills 42

2015-10-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

A U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship launches sustained airstrikes against a Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 42 people including 14 staff members, 24 patients, and 4 caretakers. The attacks continue for more than an hour despite frantic phone …

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CIA Detainee Gul Rahman Froze to Death at Black Site - No One Prosecuted for Homicide

2007-11-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Gul Rahman, an Afghan detainee, dies of hypothermia at a CIA black site in Afghanistan known as the “Salt Pit” after being shackled half-naked to a concrete floor in a freezing cell overnight. Rahman’s death is ruled a homicide by the CIA’s medical examiner, yet no one is …

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