![]() We are poor people."Įnayatullah Hamdard, spokesman on behalf of the 14 MSF employees killed in the airstrike, who included his father, has reached a stark conclusion: "They are cheating us." Mohammed, a farmer, says he is now supporting his brother's widow and four children, all under the age of 8: "This is hard for me. ![]() John Nicholson, shown here in Kabul on March 2, traveled last month to Kunduz, where he "humbly and respectfully" asked forgiveness for the attack. air power and special forces, to drive them out. It took several days for the Afghan army, supported by U.S. In late September, the Taliban invaded the city. Niazi, 25, was a nurse at a Kunduz trauma center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). He also regards the amount as "ridiculous and insulting." military is treating victims of the attack.Īlthough he believes he can no longer work because of his injuries, Niazi says that his discomfort at accepting what some call "sorry money" is only making him feel worse. Now, more than six months afterward, Niazi says he intends to return the $3,000 - "in front of the media guys" - as a protest over the way the U.S. military mistakenly hit the Kunduz hospital, killing 42 people. The money was what officials term a "condolence payment," an expression of sympathy and sorrow for injuring Niazi when the U.S. He lost his left eye and left arm when an American AC-130 gunship repeatedly fired shells into the hospital in which he worked in northern Afghanistan. Zabihuillah Niazi, a 25-year-old nurse, lost an eye and an arm when an American AC-130 gunship shelled the Medecins Sans Frontieres trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in October 2015, killing 42 people.Ī few months ago, the U.S.
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