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When the afghan says go hit the target. >> i believe there is protocol in place where we do double-check those coordinates and we know what we are striking. we dont know what happened and i cant speculate on what happened right now we know there are a couple of investigations going forward. nato will be another. >> heavy casualties in afghanistan. this is obviously enormously besides being tragic for the loss of life, this is not good for us. >> very regrettable. >> senator, thank you. >> thank ...

Or do we not because we think its a hospital. ? these are the split second decisions. thats not our fault. its the fault of the taliban who forced that hand. >> you were there, you trained these forces. give us insight into how this could actually happen, where they stand right now and the danger that we face. >> i would say this, this is not an excuse. but the fog of war is real. when youre being shot at and coordinates are -- you have air support and less troops on ground embedded. we surely h...

Coordination on the ground between the afghan military and u.s. advisers because u.s. advisers have always been working almost arm in arm with many of those afghan forces. but in this case, again, there was a small group of special operations forces at an airport nearby, well out of the line of fire. and they were trying to coordinate with the afghans there inside kunduz. was there a translation problem? a misunderstanding about the coordinates or the threat from the taliban? thats all going to ...

Reporting, the u.s., the pentagon was well aware of the coordinates of this hospital days, in fact, before this air strike. >> yes. so today, we have at least an admission that it was the u.s. military, pushing the responsibility again to the afghan forces but those who pushed the buttons remain responsible for their acts. it is against the foundations of the geneva conventions to bomb a hospital in a conflict zone. this hospital was doing the most essential humanitarian aid, giving medical care...

Doctors without borders is right in saying that they provided their coordinates to the united states air force? >> well, yeah, i am sure they did, a did, and they did it both to the afghans and the american, and they had the coordinates written in the map, and they are probably know what the things are, but what is happening out there when the battles are ongoing ar and the things are happening very quickly and getting the coordinates from the ground, and told what to do, and si dark and using t...

Strikes. but clearly, this is a humanitarian and public relations disaster for the u.s. military, because the question is even if the afghans called it in, did they give the correct coordinates, did the u.s. check those coordinates, was there a double-check and did the ac-130 that launched the attacks observe the situation long enough to determine if in fact there was fire coming from that hospital. questions that remain to be answered and general campbell is going to get a thorough grilling on ...

Their air strike? now an ac-130 can linger over a target. its heavily armed, its even got an artillery piece on board. they are a killing machine. but theyve got enough time to look and see if there was fire coming from that hospital. did they take the time to determine that or did they just move in and launch an air strike because of the coordinates that were provided them by the afghan forces? all questions that will remain -- that remain to be answered and general campbell will surely get a g...

Large mortars out of this howitzer. it is the most likely scenario. that is what happens in terms of tracking u.s. troops in the fog of war thats what is likely to come out. >> give n everyone neknew the coordinates of the hospital hospitals with borders said you are bombing our hospital, after that call came in was there a decision that irrespective of the hospital that americans or afghan forces are being fired upon and therefore they had no choice? >> i actually went to the headquarters at th...

That makes it if you can see that a little less heart wrenching. >> many people are praying for the crew members. of the crew members 28 are american. doctors without borders demanding answers. the death toll rises to 22. >> kristin fisher has the latest for us. >> doctors without borders say both of the countries knew the exact coordinates. they are calling the air strikes a war crime. 22 people were killed including 12 brothers without borders staff. they believe taliban fighters have been hid...

Scenario where this attack comes out justified ushd international law. which is why such strong language from msf right now. >> also msf wanting that full independent investigation. bob, just quickly on the government. side of things, how transparent do you think they will be? >> probably not very. were not going to want to identify who gave the coordinates and its a huge embarrassment. addressing those comments, we have been hitting civilian targets for the last 15 years in afghanistan. its jus...