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Gunship iii flares9/19/2023 Forces-Afghanistan confirmed that an airstrike was conducted in Kunduz at abou5 2:15 a.m. In its only statement thus far on the incident, U.S. In a statement Sunday, MSF said that "Under the clear presumption that a war crime has been committed, MSF demands that a full and transparent investigation into the event be conducted by an independent international body." Other versions - the AC-130W Stinger II and AC-130J - can carry AGM-176 Griffin missiles and GBU-53/B SDB II small diameter precision bombs. One model of the AC-130 - the AC-130H Spectre - carries a 105mm M102 howitzer and a 40 mm L/60 Bofors cannon. "Those people that could had moved quickly to the building's two bunkers to seek safety but patients who were unable to escape burned to death as they lay in their beds," he said. When I made it out from the office, the main hospital building was engulfed in flames." "There was a pause, and then more bombs hit. "The bombs hit and then we heard the plane circle round," said Heman Nagarathnam, MSF head of programs in northern Afghanistan. The Lockheed AC-130 was designed to provide close air support for troops under fire and can linger over targets, making "pylon turns" overhead to prolong an attack. military to call it off and despite having previously made known the hospital's GPS coordinates. The MSF officials said that the attack continued despite pleas to the U.S. In statements and in numerous news interviews, MSF has said that the air attack was sustained for more than an hour, from 2:08 a.m.
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