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Now it's reported that it was afghan forces that came under heavy taliban fire. they asked the u.s. for air strikes and the u.s. military there in the region ordered the air strikes. what exactly did the afghans tell the americans? did they give them the coordinants and did the americans then in fact check those gps coordinants that doctors without borders say were supplied to the military? did they verify that that group of taliban, afghan soldiers were under heavy fire from taliban? then there is the ac-130 gun ship that actually conducted the air strike. they circle low and slow for a perio...

Borders, they are in condu. they are there because there is a war going on and it got fired up when it went back to the city. they have taliban and other african forces as patients. we know they are being treated in there. wouldn't they have to bring in the ac 130 only if americans were being fired upon in the hospital? >> exactly right. they would only have been fired with close air sports. americans would have to have been under attack. this is not bombed in a sense that there were 500 or 200 or 2,000 pound bombs. the main hospital structure was still in tact. this is a per river rewhere the...

Briefed us here moments ago, is a forthright commander. he was in the u.s. at the time of the airstrike preparing for hill testimony this week at the time of the strike. he will testify tomorrow before the senate armed services committee at 9:30 eastern. his chief investigator, brigadier general richard kim, is on the ground in kunduz today getting to the bottom of what happened. the bottom line is u.s. personnel were not under fire, their lives were not at risk when they called for the airstrike, but i do understand from sources that taliban fighters were firing from the msf hospital. bill: w...

Remove that threat. today, general john campbell, the top military commander in afghanistan clarified it was the afghans who said that they were under attack and the u.s. then called in the air strike. but that raises more questions than it answers. did the u.s. attempt to clarify the taliban claims? did the taliban give coordinates and were those checked out? did the taliban say it was coming from the hospital, or did they identify it as a hospital? and what instructions were given to the ac-130 that was circling above. that's a u.s. air force gunship that bristles with weapons that attacked ...

Extra, 2001. there was a feierce battle goin on. afghan troops asking for help and gave the coordinates and u.s. went in with the u.s. and ac-130 gun ship. would they rely on afghan troops? >> maybe in part but there are vetting procedures any time afghan troops will call in american air support. that's why it's important to wait and get the facts. you're right, this is the first city the taliban has taken in almost 15 years and major fighting and always fog on the battle field and that's why ultimately responsibility lies with the taliban and groups like the taliban like hasballah that use ci...