Afghanistan, Oct. 1 -- Ten years ago, on the night of October 3, 2015, the Kunduz trauma center run by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Afghanistan came under intense and prolonged US airstrikes. The hospital's main building, which housed the intensive care unit, emergency rooms, laboratory, X-ray equipment, outpatient and mental health departments, and physiotherapy ward, was hit repeatedly and with precision for over an hour.

The attack killed 42 people, including 24 patients, 14 MSF staff members, and four patient caretakers. Patients burned in their beds, people were decapitated or lost limbs, and others were shot from the air while trying to escape the burning building. It remains the deadliest attack ever p...