WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior defense officials say more than a dozen U.S. military personnel, including special operations forces, have been disciplined for the breakdowns that led to the mistaken bombing of a civilian hospital in Afghanistan last year. The bombing killed 42 people.
Officials familiar with the process say the punishments are mostly administrative in nature and include no criminal charges. The process is nearly complete. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter because it has not yet been announced, and so spoke on condition of anonymity.
The disciplinary actions, as well as the results of an extensive military investigation of the incident, likely will be made public this month.
The Doctors Without Borders hospital was attacked Oct. 3 by a U.S. Air Force special operations AC-130 gunship.
