investigation will be thorough, objective and transparent. >> and amid-the promises of a full investigation came a pretty startling revelation about the future of america's longest-running war. the top commander suggesting president obama's full withdrawal by 2017 may need to be reworked. join i joining e me now from kabul to discuss is nic robertson, senior international editor. the general statement today a about what transpired in the moments before the strike is pretty different from what we were told yesterday. is that right? >> reporter: it is, there was a statement from nato over the weekend that said it was u.s. forces with afghan forces and that it was the u.s. forces that were actually under direct fire from the taliban. now it was the afghan forces under direct fire from the taliban. they were the ones that asked u.s. forces on the fwround to