called up through the ac-130 gun ship with request for close air support. on that ship you are going to have someone with special operations background who can interpret what they are hearing and guide the request. the fact this broke down in such a significant way is not only a tragedy, but it s going to send people back to the book to have a real look at the protocol about how this sort of thing happens. the second piece, it may raise certain questions about the nature of the overwatch u.s. military is providing from the air in terms of close air support. we don t have the assets directly on the ground to call in those strikes to ensure that something like this doesn t happen. obviously, this raises a lot of very important questions. certainly no doubt given the fact it is doctors without borders, one of the most respected humanitarian organizations in the world. today, they were commenting about this investigation. u.s. says it is launching a if you investigation, pentagon is laun
cups your teeth to break up plaque, and rotates to sweep it away. and oral-b delivers a clinically proven superior clean vs. sonicare diamond clean. my mouth feels super clean. oral-b. know you re getting a superior clean. i m never going back to a manual brush. we re following breaking news out of afghanistan involving suspected u.s. air strikes that impacted a trauma center here. they are investigating whether an american ac-130 gun ship was responsible. this is video after the bombing. you see the charred windows there, maybe the glow of the flames still burning inside. nine staff workers from doctors without borders were killed. at least 37 people injured. reports say bombed reigned down
officials are investigating the possibility. it was a us air force ac-130 gun ship. it was in the area firing at that position. the ac-130 gun ship is very precise. it has on-board guns. they aim straight at enemy personnel positions. so it is very precise. it is able to stay up in the air quite a while. there was an ac-130 in the area according to military reports. they are investigating whether this is the aircraft that may have been involved in the attack. thanks to barbara starr for that. we know, chris, that the u.s. military is early on in this investigation. what s the reaction thus far to this bombing? after our barbara starr talked about that this morning, the army released an updated statement. that statement read like this. they said u.s. forces conducted
short time ago saying, in part, quote, while we are still trying to determine exactly what happened, i want to extend my thoughts and prayers to everyone affected. a full investigation into the tragic incident is underway in coordination with the afghan government. at this difficult moment, we will continue to work with our afghan partners to try and end the ongoing violence in and around kunduz. i want to go to cnn s charize fom in london. what more do we know about this bombing and potentially how this happened? reporter: well, we know a u.s. military official told cnn that an ac-130 gun ship was in the area, firing on taliban positions to protect u.s. special operations forces in the area. so we know that the taliban was in this area of afghanistan, in kunduz. on monday, afghan national forces battling them, trying to
strip of land except by boat. that is why we have seen a humanitarian crisis there which really aid workers have described to me as their worst possible scenario. here s what we saw when we visited kakunga yesterday. sticks and a flimsy rope don t hold back the really determined. it s hard for aid work tires keep any kind of order with people this desperate. each day we have 600 to 900 persons traveling. and but it is a huge fight to go normally because people want to get out of here any way. tens of thousand of burundian refugees crammed on the banks of the tiny fishing village of kagunga. this lake and the old retired gun ship their way out to