lebanon where one in four people in country is a syrian refugee, and the area where the russian air strikes are focusing among others, and the syrian ground forces, is what s known as a pocket between hama and homs, and those people potentially could be fleeing to lebanon if there s a ground offensive. so you have that additional element that is going to further complicate this situation. and, perhaps, perhaps, that s one of the reasons we re now marrying fr hearing from russia that they re open to working. there may be a clash in overlapping areas. ben, thanks. the u.s. military is admitting it made a tragic mistake when air strikes hit a hospital in northern afghanistan. the defense secretary says he
and also to make sure it doesn t happen again to someone else s family. but we re in very early days, anderson. martin, thank you very much. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan says the united states would, quote, never intentionally target a protected medical facility. general john campbell testified before the senate armed services committee today three days after doctors without borders hospital was struck killing 12 staff members and at least 10 patients including at least 3 children. there will be questions remaining about how this could have happened. senior international diplomatic editor nic robertson joins me. today was the first time the u.s. has actually admitted it made a mistake here, right? reporter: yeah, yesterday general campbell was saying it was an accident, now he says it s a mistake. doctors without borders had criticized him for trying to blame the day before, blame it on the afghans who said he called in or asked the u.s. to call in the air strike.
the taliban has gotten stronger. so have some other groups. the afghan army not measuring up at the moment. the u.s. invested so much in training and helping the afghan national army and the thinking now is that process may need to go on longer. to the point about the air strike that hit the hospital in condition does, the doctors without borders hospital. we ve heard now from the president of that organization say not just the war crime but the strike on this hospital is a strike against the geneva conventions as a whole. and what they want is an international independent investigation they say that it should be done by the international humanitarian fact-finding commission. not just any organization they plucked out of the air. but this is an organization set up under the geneva conventions to investigate such situations. they are saying the president of doctors without borders is saying what happened there cannot be written off as a mistake. this is what she said. it is unacceptab
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we re doing everything we can to give you the best experience possible. because we should fit into your life. not the other way around. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is on the hot seat today facing touch questions from the senate armed service committee. the security situation in northern afghanistan is falling apa apart over what he calls the accidental bombing of a hospital that is a doctors without borders hospital. campbell is issuing this warning about the afghanistan forces being able to handle the issue on their own.