Their description of the attack keeps changing - from collateral damage, to a tragic incident, to now attempting to pass responsibility to the Afghanistan government, with such constant discrepancies in the U.S. and Afghan accounts of what happened, the need for a full transparent independent investigation is ever more critical.

Christopher Stokes

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The main hospital building, where medical personnel were caring for patients, was repeatedly and very precisely hit during each aerial raid, while the rest of the compound was left mostly untouched.

Christopher Stokes

There is no access to trauma care now for the civilians and for the wounded in the whole area of Kunduz, which is some kind of battleground for the moment.

Christopher Stokes

If there was a major military operation going on there, our staff would have noticed. And that wasn't the case when the strikes occurred.

Christopher Stokes

We need an investigation that's as independent and as transparent as possible, and we don't only want the findings to be shared, we want -- as well -- to be able to read the full report, (T)he results of this investigation are I think important for us but also for the ability of humanitarian actors to continue working and provide lifesaving assistance in Afghanistan.

Christopher Stokes

If somebody is wounded, they're a noncombatant, and under international humanitarian law, they should be treated as such and they're not legitimate targets.

Christopher Stokes

For the Ebola outbreak to spiral this far out of control required many institutions to fail, and they did, with tragic and avoidable consequences.

Christopher Stokes