Article: UN: Bomb Hit Afghan Military Hospital


AP Online
10-23-2001
UN: Bomb Hit Afghan Military Hospital

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The United Nations confirmed Tuesday that a U.S. bomb struck a military hospital in the western Afghan city of Herat but said it had no information regarding casualties.

However, Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said a U.S. bomb went astray near a senior citizens' home in Herat, landing in a field between the home and a military vehicle storage facility. The 1,000-pound bomb was dropped Sunday by an F/A-18.

Clarke said she did not know if the building she called a senior citizens' center was the same as the hospital involved in the report from the United Nations.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have ...

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