President Ashraf Ghani visited some of the Kunduz air strike victims being treated at the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital in Kabul yesterday evening.
A press release from ARG (Presidential Palace) stated that Ghani ordered the doctors to ensure the wounded received proper treatment and that staff make sure everything possible is done to help them recover.
A number of civilians, wounded in Monday’s air strike on Daftani village in Dasht-e-Archi, were transferred to the Kabul hospital for further treatment, the statement reads.
The statement added that Ghani promised the victims his task team would investigate the incident thoroughly.
Ghani said civilian casualties in security forces’ operations was unacceptable and that Afghan soldiers need to be more cautious in future.
On Monday, the Afghan air force carried out an air strike on a madrassa in Taliban-controlled Daftani village. According to government, two helicopters used in the air strike targeted at Taliban gathering.
However, residents and the Taliban denied these reports and said a graduation ceremony was being conducted at the madrassa at the time of the air strike.
Government said 50 Taliban members had been killed and 150 wounded.
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