美軍攻擊昆都茲醫院，13名無國界醫生死亡

▲昆都茲醫院被美軍攻擊。（圖／翻攝自英國衛報）

10月3日無國界醫生於昆都茲的醫院受襲，造成至少30人死亡，包括13名無國界醫生員工與10名病人，7名死者仍身分不明；關於美軍昨日發布記者會公布調查結論，以下是無國界醫生的初步回應，仍重申要求展開獨立且不偏不倚的調查。

文／無國界醫生總幹事施托康（Christopher Stokes）

美軍昨日（25日）就事件提出的說法，留給無國界醫生的疑問多於答案。令人震驚的是，美軍在未仔細查看目標、未取得不可攻擊的清單，以及溝通系統失靈的情況下，仍能進行襲擊。如此看來，30人的死亡，與昆都茲的數以十萬人無法獲得救命護理，僅是因為無國界醫生醫院是最接近一片空地的大型建築物，並「大致吻合」欲攻擊目標的描述。

今天所提出一連串的驚人失誤，說明了美軍方面的明顯疏忽，以及違反戰爭規則。在未核實目標的情況下，破壞受保護設施──這次是一間滿是醫療人員與病人、正在運作中的醫院──並不能僅用個人失誤，或違反美方的交戰規則就打發掉。無國界醫生重申就我們在昆都茲的醫院受襲事件，展開獨立且不偏不倚調查的訴求。此事件的調查不能只交給阿富汗衝突的參戰方進行。

MSF Initial Reaction to US Military Investigation into Kunduz Attack

Christopher Stokes, MSF General Director

The US version of events presented yesterday (25th Nov.) leaves MSF with more questions than answers. It is shocking that an attack can be carried out when US forces have neither eyes on a target nor access to a no-strike list, and have malfunctioning communications systems. It appears that 30 people were killed and hundreds of thousands of people are denied life-saving care in Kunduz simply because the MSF hospital was the closest large building to an open field and “roughly matched” a description of an intended target.

The frightening catalogue of errors outlined today illustrates gross negligence on the part of US forces and violations of the rules of war. The destruction of a protected facility without verifying the target – in this case a functioning hospital full of medical staff and patients -- cannot only be dismissed as individual human error or breaches of the US rules of engagement. MSF reiterates its call for an independent and impartial investigation into the attack on our hospital in Kunduz. Investigations of this incident cannot be left solely to parties to the conflict in Afghanistan.