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(1) No One... Monday’s siege that lasted six days. zations, the Afghan government hasn’t yet been able to get to the site in , to ensure all fight- been killed in the raid: 10 patients The organization has appealed to has also allocated nine million Afs because it continues to be a contest- ing parties respect the sanctity of and 13 MSF staff members. number of people placed security and judicial organizations in financial Aid to help the dis- ed area between the Afghans and medical facilities. The medical aid organization fighters in people’s houses in Kun- to identify the perpetrators and see placed who took shelter in Takhar the Taliban militants. “At the moment, MSF has not re- called the bombing a “war crime” duz ahead of the siege. to it that justice is carried out. and Badakhshan provinces,” he The officials were not authorized ceived any explanations or assur- in an online statement Sunday. “They torched our houses and As Taliban’s insurgency gathered said. to discuss the incident publicly and ances that give us the confidence “This is far from the first time we left the city leaving all behind. momentum in ’s north- Meanwhile, minister of labor and spoke on condition of anonymity. to be able to return. This is why that the indiscriminate use of U.S. We were hit by airplanes from the ern regions, a number of western social affairs Nasrin Oryakhail has Carter is in the first day of a week- the organisation is demanding a military force in Afghanistan has air and by the Taliban from the countries - who are part of the US- expressed frustration over the per- long trip to Europe. He will visit full, independent and transparent led to the deaths of innocent civil- ground,” Feroza, a resident of Kun- led coalition force – are also calling sistent issue of security threats and Spain, Italy and London for meet- investigation of what happened, ians,” Zakharova said in the For- duz told TOLOnews. for the world to act and help stop political turmoil in the country, say- ings with top defense leaders. He and why.” eign Ministry’s statement. Another resident of Kunduz said: the Taliban from gaining ground in ing that the issue is adding to the also will attend a NATO meeting of “Without that information, there U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Cart- “They killed a woman inside the the country. refugee crisis and is contributing to defense ministers in Brussels. are too many unknowns to allow er on Sunday promised the U.S. city. Her body was covered in flies. On Sunday, Canadian foreign min- the increase in unemployment and Earlier this year, Carter visited Es- a return in the immediate future. would be “full and transparent” There was no one to take the dead ister Daniel Jean voiced his deepest the economic slowdown. tonia and met with Eastern Euro- MSF is committed to the people in in sharing the results of its own bodies away. We are upset with concerns over the rise of Taliban “Security threats and unemploy- pean defense chiefs, announcing he Kunduz and will explore, as soon probe into the incident. (Agencies) President Ghani.” activities in the northern parts of ment are interrelated. Rise of unem- will send tanks, armored vehicles as key questions are answered, Abdul Rahman, a resident of Kun- (18) Iran Condemns ... Afghanistan. He called on the in- ployment is forcing many youths and other military equipment to six options to return with medical duz said many of the 600 prisoners ternational community to do more to join insurgents, an issue which former Soviet bloc nations to help services in the Kunduz region.” Without Borders in Afghan city which were freed from Kunduz in a bid avert Taliban’s advance in naturally increases the problems,” reassure NATO allies facing threats MSF treated 394 wounded people of Kunduz was bombed by US air prison by the Taliban were armed the area so as to prevent them from she said. from Russia. between Monday and the early forces. and looted people’s houses. gaining a foothold. The Taliban attacked the Afghan This trip will focus more on the hours of Saturday morning when NATO said in a statement that US This comes in the wake of the secu- “We are deeply concerned about strategic town of Kunduz in north- threats to Southern Europe, includ- they were bombed. “When the forces conducted an airstrike in rity forces’ successful ousting of the the activities of Taliban in the ern Afghanistan last Monday. The ing Russian aggression as well as aerial attack occurred we had 105 Kunduz at around the same time Taliban in Kunduz city after the city northern parts of Afghanistan and siege lasted six days until Afghan Daesh terrorists and other violent patients and their care-takers in — just after 02:00 am on Saturday. was under siege for six days. Ear- also about the activities of Daesh security forces managed to wrest extremists from the Middle East the hospital and over 80 MSF in- The medical team is working lier on Monday, troops were still and its affiliated groups that seek to the city back for the insurgents. and Northern Africa. ternational and national staff pre- around the clock to do everything in clashes with insurgents in some leave footprint in south Asia, Mid- Reacting to the fall of Kunduz, Carter said he believed it was im- sent,” they said at the time. possible for the safety of patients parts of the city, but residents were dle East, North Africa, and also the rights groups on Sunday accused portant to go to “the southern MSF’s hospital was the only facil- and hospital staff. slowly resuming their normal lives. activities of Boko Haram in Nigeria. insurgents of committing major flank” because the violence, law- ity of its kind in the whole north- ‘We are deeply shocked by the at- (Tolonews) The international community must crimes during the siege and called lessness and the refugee crisis are eastern region of Afghanistan, tack, the killing of our staff and (2) Exercise Trident ... continue its efforts in countering for the perpetrators behind the at- all having a tremendous impact providing free life- and limb- patients and the heavy toll it has tack to be brought to justice. (Tolo- across Europe. (Tolonews) saving trauma care. MSF doctors inflicted on healthcare in Kun- 21 in three different host nations: terrorism,” Canadian foreign min- news) treat all people according to their duz,’ Bart Janssens, MSF Director Italy, Portugal and Spain. It will ister Daniel Jean said. (13) Taliban Violates... medical needs and do not make of Operations commented on the include a series of dynamic and de- The Afghan rights commission has (8) NPC Approves... Council, said: “We were against the distinctions based on a patient’s bombing. manding training events which is said that extensive financial and ministrative Affairs and Council of deal from the beginning. Finally, it ethnicity, religious beliefs or po- ‘We do not yet have the final casu- designed to train troops and com- human losses have been inflicted Ministers Secretariat. was the Taliban that attacked secu- litical affiliation, read a statement. alty figures, but our medical team manding officers, including those on the people of Kunduz and it will The meeting was also attended by rity check posts in Pul-e-Khumri MSF started working in Afghani- are providing first aid and treat- from elements of the NRF. be impossible to compensate them second Vice-President Mohammad Blocks area and torched them all stan in 1980. In Kunduz, just like ing the injured patients and MSF “Trident Juncture 2015 has been fully. Sarwar Danish, Minister of Finance and violated the agreement. “ in the rest of Afghanistan, both na- personnel and accounting for the designed to ensure that our con- AIHRC strongly condemned the Eklil Ahmad Hakimi, Minister of Head of Baghlan provincial Coun- tional and international staff work deceased. We urge all parties to cepts and procedures will work in use of Kunduz citizens as human Justice Abdul Basir Anwar and cil Safdar Mohseni who is part of together to ensure the best quality respect the safety of health facili- the event of a real crisis,” General shields by the Taliban, saying that Minister of Economy Abdul Sattar the delegation that signed the deal of treatment. MSF supports the ties and staff.’ Hans-Lothar Domrose, Command- the Taliban has committed major Murad. (KP) said the agreement is still in place Ministry of Public Health in Ah- According to MSF, at the time of er of Allied Joint Force Command war crimes against the people in- and that those who have violated it mad Shah Baba hospital in eastern the aerial attack 105 patients and Brunssum said. cluding the deliberate killing of ci- (9) Obama... should be punished. Kabul, Dasht-e-Barchi maternity their caretakers were in the hospi- Over 36,000 personnel from over 30 vilians, torture and rape. plan, however, has been the pri- “We accept that security check in western Kabul and Boost hos- tal and over 80 MSF international NATO and partner nations are tak- “Armed opponents committed seri- mary focus of White House debates posts and bases have been attacked pital in Lashkar Gah, Helmand and national staff. (IRNA) ing part in the exercise, the largest ous violations including deliberate in recent weeks. Dempsey, who re- in the area but the Taliban militants province. In Khost, in the east of one conducted by the Alliance since killing of military personnel and ci- (19) Innocent ... tired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs have not attacked them; the secu- the country, MSF operates a ma- 2002, which includes more than 140 vilians. Taliban murdered civilians of Staff last month, fleshed out his rity forces have left the check posts. ternity hospital. MSF relies only ceasefire between the security aircraft and 60 ships. Elements from in open courts, they (Taliban) are initial August proposal before he Those who have left the check posts on private funding for its work in forces and the Taliban to allow Land, Air, Maritime, Special Opera- hiding inside people homes and use left office. should be punished and the deal is Afghanistan and does not accept residents to bury their dead and tions and Logistics are participat- them as human shields,” AIHRC His plan envisions the still in its place,” he said. money from any government, the to attend to those injured. ing. (Xinhua) chairperson Sima Samar said. The AIHRC officials have said that maintaining a few bases, perhaps However, the question of what statement read. (Tolonews) Amidst urgent need of residents (3) Erdogan in... officials need to investigate and the two or three, that could be used punishment should be meted out for medical and humanitarian as “lily pads” to strike groups that was raised, as the Taliban does not (15) Kunduz... assistance, a tragic incident hap- join Greek coastguard patrols in the relevant bodies have to find evi- posed a direct threat to the United accept the law. has been largely restored his or- pened. The U.S. military, which eastern Aegean, coordinated by EU dence that prove murders, torture States, senior defense and adminis- Baghlan police chief who has deal is far from over as he lost carried out air strikes in support border agency Frontex. and rape was carried out against tration officials said. signed the agreement did not speak everything he owned in the siege. of the Afghan forces, inadvert- Any migrants picked up would be the people of Kunduz by the Tali- The “lily pad” bases would poten- out about a violation of the deal but He said government should make ently hit on Saturday a hospital taken back to Turkey, where six ban. tially house American drones and accepted that the Taliban fighters a formal announcement that it is run by Medecins Sans Frontieres new camps for up to two million “Taliban committed major crimes fighters jets as well as elite coun- attacked military bases in Dand-e- safe for residents to come out. (MSF), killing 19, including 12 people would be built, co-financed in Kunduz, they killed and tor- terterrorism troops, and could be Ghori and then torched the bases. Another resident said: “Govern- medical staff and injuring 37 oth- by the EU, to relieve the huge pres- tured the civilians and abused the located at Bagram Air Base outside “The Taliban attacked security ment must prevent such attacks in ers. sure on Greece in particular. women and [stole] personal assets Kabul and one or two other air- check posts and then torched the future.” In the aftermath of the deadly European officials are also set to of the people, Taliban committed fields, said senior administration them,” Gen. Abdul Jabar Purdeli, A teenager, accompanied by rela- bombing, the MSF has suspended push Turkey to tackle people smug- war crimes,” AIHRC commissioner officials who spoke on the condi- Baghlan police chief, said. tives, told how they were all re- its operation in the city and has glers, a scourge that was once again Qadria Yazdanparast said. tion of anonymity to discuss inter- According to local authorities in turning home after having fled the evacuated its remaining staff. in the spotlight on Sunday when Meanwhile, a number of residents nal planning. (Agencies) Baghlan, the agreement has been city last week. Tales of courage and sorrow the badly decomposed bodies of in Kunduz have also called on the signed by the Minister of Borders An unknown number of people abound in the city during the two children were found washed government to act and bring the (10) US Defence ... violators to justice. and Tribal Affairs, acting gover- have however lost everything and siege. up on the Greek island of Kos. official, speaking on condition of “Our demand from the internation- nor of Baghlan, head of NDS in calls for assistance have been put “Shortly after the fighting began, But officials played down the anonymity, said it was unlikely the al community is to punish the Tali- the province, acting Baghlan police out over the past two days. electricity was shut down. My chances of a final deal on the plan Russian jet crossed the border by ban who killed people and looted chief, head of the High Peace Coun- On Sunday, the Afghanistan husband told us to go to the base- during the visit by Erdogan, saying chance. their properties in Kunduz,” a resi- cil in Baghlan and two members of Chamber of Commerce and In- ment. We stayed in the basement the talks were likely to be “difficult” “I don’t believe that this was an ac- dent said. Baghlan Provincial Council. dustries (ACCI) said that it has for four days before we left the and that they would probably only cident,” the official said, noting that Another resident of Kunduz, said: The agreement has nine articles, collected more than $300,000 USD city and traveled to Kabul early mark the formal start of the process. Russia had violated the sovereignty “Taliban killed people and commit- which includes a point that the through a commission to help Friday,” Najiba, a mother of five, (AFP) of a NATO ally. ted major crimes, they abused the locals have agreed to not let the Kunduz residents affected by the told Xinhua. (Xinhua) Only last week, the Pentagon and (4) Ghani... women. The perpetrators should be Taliban threaten security along the recent crisis. Russia held high-profile talks on (20) 60 Mln ... people better than ever. He added executed.” Baghlan-Mazar-e-Sharif Highway Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman how to avoid accidents in the skies strengthen over the coming that he has received some informa- In addition, Amnesty International - through the area - and to ensure for the Afghan Ministry of Pub- over Syria as both Moscow and the months and persist into 2016. tion and complaints concerning (AI) has also accused the insurgents security on their own of their region lic Health (MoPH) also said late US-led coalition carry out air strikes When El Nino occurs, rainfall pat- mistreatment and harassment of of being involved in major war by their own and not let any Taliban Sunday that emergency surgical in the war-ravaged nation.(AFP) terns shift, increasing the risk of people by certain personnel of the crimes in Kunduz city, saying that militants operate there. (Tolonews) teams, trauma experts, medical extreme weather events.(Xinhua) security forces during the opera- solid evidence are in hand which (11) Afghan Forces... (14) MSF ... supplies and medication had ar- tions in Kunduz province. shows that the group’s fighters af- rived in Kunduz regional hospital (21) India Pitches ... fighting from within urban areas lay in their beds. MSF reiterates its The president called harassment ter taking control of Kunduz started by road and air. and putting civilians at risk. demand for a full transparent and India is unquestionable... There and mistreatment of people against house to house searches, killing and This comes after the Medecins “If errors were committed, we’ll ac- independent international investi- are administrative reforms and the laws of the land, international beating employees and relatives of Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in knowledge them,” Campbell said. gation,” he said. simplification of process are tak- laws, human rights conventions those serving in Afghan security in- Kunduz was bombed in the early “We’ll hold those responsible ac- The MSF hospital in Kunduz is ing place to assist investors,” he and the code of conduct of the secu- stitutions. (Tolonews) hours of Saturday morning. The countable, and we’ll take steps to currently not operating, following said. (Xinhua) rity and defense forces of the coun- death toll from the bombing was (6) UN Refugee ... ensure mistakes are not repeated.” the sustained bombing early Sat- try, and urged the security officials 22. Twelve MSF staff members (22) Israeli War... U.S. Army Brigadier General Rich- urday morning. to prevent such noncompliance and extremist ideologies. and 10 patients, including three ard Kim is the senior investigator Some senior officials said over the northern West Bank city of illegal acts. The U.N. High Commissioner for children were killed in the attack. on the incident and is in Kunduz weekend that the attack was car- Tulkarm, Palestinian medical The president said: “One of the Refugees said Monday that financ- However, overall casualty figures now, Campbell said. He said the ried out against the hospital as sources and eyewitnesses said. main differences of the national se- ing has fallen short to handle “me- have not yet been released except U.S. military will ensure transpar- Taliban insurgents were using it The sources told Xinhua that curity and defense forces from the ga-crises” like those in Iraq and Syr- that security forces say over 400 ency in investigating the incident, as a hide out. 18-year-old Huthaifa Sulaiman irresponsible individuals is that the ia and other crises in South Sudan, Taliban insurgents were killed in and that NATO and Afghan offi- Meanwhile, According to MSF all was hit by a bullet in the stomach security and defense forces follow Burundi, Yemen and Libya. the battle to retake the city. (Tolo- cials would conduct their own in- their international staff members during clashes between Palestin- the laws of the land, international He said “the humanitarian system news) vestigations as well. who were in Kunduz have been ian youth and the Israeli army. humanitarian laws and codes of is financially broke” and 33 U.N. MSF, also known as Doctors With- evacuated. (16) Kunduz... Tulkarm governor Issam Abu conduct, and it is thanks to their appeals for assistance for 82 million out Borders, has demanded an in- Critical patients they say were dent of Kunduz named Abdul Baker told Xinhua that five other good conduct that they create good people are 42-percent funded. dependent international probe into referred to other health facilities, Salam said. young men were also injured in reputation as well as an atmosphere Guterres noted Greece has faced the strike, which it referred to as a while the MSF Afghan staff - who The people are however in dire the clashes.(Xinhua) of security and trust among the more than 400,000 arrivals this year “war crime.” Campbell said there were not killed - are either be- need of basic provisions after pric- people.” — a nine-fold increase from 2014 — (23) Attacks in... would be U.S., NATO, and Afghan ing treated in health facilities in es have reportedly skyrocketed. This comes after Ghani reviewed mainly because of Syria’s war.(AP) urday night in a stabbing and investigations into the strike. the region or have left the hospi- “The security forces have given the security situation of northern shooting attack that took place in (7) Kunduz War ... “If there’s other investigations out tal. The organization lost 12 staff us a second life. The situation was Kunduz province as well as other Jerusalem’s Old City, Israeli police there that need to go on, we’ll make members in the bombing. too bad but when the forces came, provinces via a video teleconfer- Kamal Safai asked the ministers. said. sure to coordinate those as well,” MSF said that on Saturday, after our concerns were removed,” said ence on Saturday following last “Lawmakers had numerous ques- One of the dead men’s wife is in se- Campbell said. (Reuters) the attack, some staff helped pro- a resident of Kunduz, who was week’s siege of Kunduz city which tions about relief and rescue efforts rious condition and their two-year- vide healthcare in other non-MSF standing in line for bread. fell to the Taliban on Monday. for the displaced families and it (12) Pentagon ... old baby was lightly wounded. appears that the relief and rescue facilities in the region. However there is still unease on Large-scale military operations requested the air support when Tensions between Jews and Ar- efforts are moving at quite a slow “No medical activities are pos- the streets as not only do the bod- have since been carried out in the they came under fire in Kunduz. abs in the area increased amid the pace,” speaker of Lower House, sible now in the MSF hospital in ies of Taliban insurgents remain northern province, and additional The officials said the AC-130 gun- standstill in negotiations between Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said. Kunduz, at a time when the medi- in the streets but the heavy pres- operations kicked off on Monday ship responded and fired on the Israel and the Palestinian author- Discussing the aftermath of the cal needs are immense,” said a ence of troops in the city is a stark in neighboring Takhar province area, but Carter said it’s not cer- ity, as the last round of peace talks fall of Kunduz, Azimi said that the spokesperson for the organiza- reminder of what residents have which has also been the scene of tain yet whether that was what de- ended abruptly in April 2014. (Xin- collapse of the city has left at least tion. survived. Taliban attacks in the past few days. stroyed the hospital. hua) 6,000 people homeless. He stressed “It is painful for MSF to withdraw In addition, the bodies of civilians Troops had however, by Monday Carter said he believes the U.S. will that humanitarian organizations at a time when the medical needs killed by insurgents are also still (24) US Targets... afternoon secured most parts of have better information in the com- are struggling to provide displaced are so acute, but in the aftermath on the streets. (Tolonews) Kunduz city although there were ing days, once U.S. and interna- but what is important is that they families with necessary assistance. of being bombed, it is too early to still pockets of violence where se- tional investigators get access to the (17) Russian.. (the Americans) are aware of and “So far more than 6,000 residents know if it would be safe to con- curity forces were in clashes with hospital site. Frontieres, or MSF, which had acknowledge our capabilities and insurgents. (Tolonews) tinue running medical activities.” have been left homeless, along with Officials said the senior U.S. mili- They said MSF works hard in con- been running the hospital, said deterrence power,” said the com- (5) Rights Groups ... international humanitarian organi- tary investigator is in Kunduz but flict areas, as had been the case on its website that 23 people had mander.(PressTV)