Top U.S. General admits AC-130 struck hospital in Afghanistan

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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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.

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