The Pentagon has announced it would make payments in compensation for those killed and injured by US airstrikes on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.
The group, known by its French acronym MSF, has demanded an independent international investigation.
It says 33 people are still missing after the October 3 attack, in addition to 12 MSF staff and 10 patients already confirmed dead.
“The Department of Defence believes it is important to address the consequences of the tragic incident,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said in a statement yesterday, adding that US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) also has the authority to pay for repairs to the hospital.