US military punishes 16 over 2015 Afghan hospital bombing

WASHINGTON: The US military will announce on Friday that has it taken disciplinary action against 16 service members over a deadly Oct.3 air strike in Afghanistan that destroyed a hospital run by the international medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, U
S officials tell Reuters.

The disclosure of the non-judicial punishments will come during the release of the findings of a US military investigation into the incident, which will broadly conclude
that the strike was a tragic mistake, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.