US President Barack Obama has apologised to medical charity Médecins sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) following the bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan, the White House said.
The air strike at the MSF-run hospital in Kunduz killed 22 people, including three children.
The president of Medecins Sans Frontieres has reiterated the organisation's call for an independent investigation into the US air strike which accidentally killed 22 people at a hospital in Afghanistan.
President Barack Obama called Dr. Joanne Liu on Wednesday to apologise for the strike on the charity's hospital in Kunduz
Following the call, Dr Liu said: "We reiterate our ask that the US government consent to an independent investigation led by the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to establish what happened in Kunduz, how it happened, and why it happened."
There could be a long wait for answers as to how and why Kunduz hospital ended up being on the receiving end of US air strikes.
Medical charity worker relates how he and colleagues tried to save patients and staff following devastating air strike.