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Medical charity: US tank entered bombed Afghan hospital compound without authorization

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U.S. soldiers walk into the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015. The attack, which killed a number of hospital staff and patients, was intended to back up Afghan forces fighting to dislodge Taliban insurgents who overran the strategic city earlier in the month. (Najim Rahim via AP) (The Associated Press)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, photo, the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital is seen after being hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attack, which killed a number of hospital staff and patients, was intended to back up Afghan forces fighting to dislodge Taliban insurgents who overran the strategic city earlier in the month. (Najim Rahim via AP) (The Associated Press)

In this Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 photo, the charred remains of the Doctors Without Borders hospital is seen after being hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The attack, which killed a number of hospital staff and patients, was intended to back up Afghan forces fighting to dislodge Taliban insurgents who overran the strategic city earlier in the month. (Najim Rahim via AP) (The Associated Press)

A medical charity whose hospital in Afghanistan was bombed by the U.S. military says an American tank forced its way onto the compound, contravening agreements they would be informed.

Doctors Without Borders said the "intrusion" Thursday was by a joint U.S.-NATO-Afghan team investigating the Oct. 3 bombing.

The group says the incident violated an agreement that they "would be given notice before each step of the procedure involving the organization's personnel and assets."

"Their unannounced and forced entry damaged property, destroyed potential evidence and caused stress and fear," it said in a statement.

The strike in Kunduz killed 10 patients and 12 staff. U.S. President Barack Obama apologized for the bombing, which the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan called a "mistake."