Gen. John F. Campbell, commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, told lawmakers in Washington D.C. that it was a AC-130 gunship that fired on a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
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Photo: Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz
Campbell told a Senate committee that Afghan forces requested air support during a firefight with the Taliban. U.S. special forces on the ground communicated the request to an orbiting AC-130 for the fire support.
“To be clear, the decision to provide (airstrikes) was a U.S. decision, made within the U.S. chain of command,” Campbell said. “The hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.
General Campbell is disobeying the CINC\’s orders — US combat in Afghanistan was supposed to end last December.
Dec 28, 2014
Statement by the President on the End of the Combat Mission in Afghanistan
Today’s ceremony in Kabul marks a milestone for our country. For more than 13 years, ever since nearly 3,000 innocent lives were taken from us on 9/11, our nation has been at war in Afghanistan. Now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, our combat mission in Afghanistan is ending, and the longest war in American history is coming to a responsible conclusion. ..At the invitation of the Afghan government, and to preserve the gains we have made together, the United States–along with our allies and partners–will maintain a limited military presence in Afghanistan to train, advise and assist Afghan forces and to conduct counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al Qaeda.