The US military announced Friday that it will take disciplinary action against 16 service members over the deadly Oct. 3 airstrike that destroyed a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, France 24 reported.
Details of the nonjudicial punishment is expected with the release of an investigation conducted by the US military into the incident, which, according to officials, concludes that the airstrike on the hospital was largely a mistake.
John Campbell, then-head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, went on to list a series of blunders which led to the hospital being destroyed, even though it was on a no-strike list.
This conclusion is consistent with the military's preliminary investigation in November, when US officials stressed that it had not intentionally targeted the MSF hospital.
No charges were filed against the soldiers and officers, who face solely administrative punishments. However, such punishment, including reprimand letters, can effectively end a military career.
Forty-two people were killed in the airstrike on Kunduz.
