Nov 12 U.S. troops could not see Afghan hospital during attack By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. special forces soldiers who called in a devastating air strike on a hospital in northern Afghanistan were half a mile away, could not see the target, and ordered the attack at the request of their Afghan… Continue reading
Oct 26 Troops who sought strike thought Taliban had hospital By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON --The Army Green Berets who requested the Oct. 3 airstrike on the Doctors without Borders trauma center in Afghanistan were aware it was a functioning hospital but believed it was under Taliban control, The Associated Press has learned. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: U.S. analysts knew Kunduz target was hospital By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. special operations analysts knew the Kunduz clinic that was the target of an airstrike was a medical site. Also, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will plead guilty to… Continue watching
Oct 15 U.S. special operations analysts knew Afghan site was a hospital By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press The Associated Press has learned that American special operations analysts knew the Doctors without Borders facility in Kunduz was a hospital, but were gathering intelligence on it because they suspected it was being used by a Pakistani operative to coordinate… Continue reading
Oct 15 Obama to keep 5,500 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016 By Julie Pace, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: Pentagon says U.S., Russian jets had close encounter over Syria By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, U.S. and Russian jets reportedly flew within miles of each other over Syria on Saturday. Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Washington for a lack of coordination the competing air campaigns. Also, the Taliban announced it… Continue watching
Oct 10 U.S. to make ‘condolence payments’ to victims of hospital strike By News Desk The Pentagon said Saturday the U.S. Department of Defense will try to make “condolence payments” to families of the victims of a U.S. air strike that accidentally hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan last week. Continue reading
Oct 06 Watch 3:31 Top U.S. commander recommends revising Afghan drawdown plan By PBS News Hour Gen. John Campbell acknowledged at a Senate Armed Services hearing that a strike against a target that turned out to be a Doctors Without Borders hospital was an American decision, made within the U.S. chain of command. Campbell also said… Continue watching
Oct 06 Airstrike on Kunduz hospital a mistake, U.S. commander says By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The deadly American attack on a hospital in northern Afghanistan occurred despite "rigorous" U.S. military procedures designed to avoid such mistakes, the top commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan said Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 2:57 Doctors Without Borders calls for transparent investigation of hospital airstrike By PBS News Hour The U.S. Commander of Coalition Forces in Afghanistan pledged that the truth will come out about an airstrike that killed 22 people at a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Initially the Pentagon said that U.S. troops called in the attack, but… Continue watching