Three American Doctors Killed by Guard at Afghan Hospital

[uppityperson]

6. Some of the doctors were visiting, not military but civilians helping

out an underfunded, understaffed very third world "health" care situation. There are civilian professionals who want to and do help either by joining with others or NGOs to help the people living in that "shithole".

Not sure how your comment applies in this case. Do you want President Obama to say no Americans can help in Afghanistan and must be sent back to the USA?


http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2023445810_apxafghanistan.html

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The U.S. Embassy in Kabul confirmed that three American citizens had been killed in the hospital attack but said it had no other information. It did not confirm Afghan reports that the three were doctors.

According to its website, the Cure International Hospital was founded in 2005 by invitation of the Afghan Ministry of Health. It sees 37,000 patients a year, specializing in child and maternity health as well as general surgery. It is affiliated with the Christian charity Cure International, which operates in 29 countries with the motto "curing the sick and proclaiming the kingdom of God."

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It was unclear whether the Taliban were behind Thursday's shooting, though the insurgents have claimed several major attacks that killed foreign civilians this year, an escalation of such attacks after years of mostly targeting foreign military personnel and Afghan security forces.