MSF: Death Toll Rises to 42 in Afghan Hospital Attack

Doctors Without Borders said the death toll from the mistaken half-hour aerial attack on its hospital by U.S. forces in Kunduz in October has risen to 42. Previous reports had the death toll at 30. The international charity, also known by its French acronym MSF, said the revised figures include 14 MSF staff, 24 patients and four caretakers. The caretakers were relatives providing additional nursing for patients. "Determining the death toll has been extremely difficult in the chaos...

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