KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The latest developments from Afghanistan, where the international charity Doctors Without Borders says that nine local staffers were killed when its clinic came under "sustained bombing" as government and international forces continue to battle Taliban fighters in the northern city of Kunduz (all times local):
7:45 p.m.
Doctors Without Borders has announced that the death toll from the bombing of the group's Kunduz hospital compound has risen to 16, including 3 children killed.
6:30 p.m.
NATO's Resolute Support mission in Kabul says it has no knowledge of an apology over the bombing of the Doctors Without Borders compound in the Afghan city of Kunduz. President Ashraf Ghani's office had issued a statement saying that the commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission had apologized to Ghani over the hospital attack.
6:15 p.m.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's office has released a statement on the incident in Kunduz, in which the compound of Doctors Without Borders was apparently attacked.
The statements says Ghani has spoken with "the commander of NATO's Resolute Support Mission," without naming U.S. Army Gen. John Campbell. It says the commander "explained and apologized for the attack."
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