of course the united states not always admitting to carrying out u.s. drone strikes. here we have seen an apology from president obama. a heartfelt one as you pointed out. this was an accidental drone strike but once again, highlighting as you mentioned, the serious fallout that despite weeks of searching and surveillance they still got it wrong. and human rights activists and group, john telling me of their dismay. cnn exclusively covered the trip to pakistan back in 2013. i was given access to the meetings with drone victims, pakistani drone victims from the tribal areas and one of the groups pointing out this is the first time the white house has admitted to a drone strike killing innocent civilians. the first time it apologized. saima, thank you.
on condolences condolences to the families. this technology has the risk of unintended consequences. a carefully worded statement from the pakistani government. this was an accident and something that needs to be taken into consideration. human rights groups john pointing out that this is not the first time as the organization that represents a number of pakistani drone victims, points out this is not the first time innocent people have been killed by drone strikes. that is the fallout we are seeing particularly from the pakistan viewpoint. people pointing out that innocent victims have long been killed in drone strikes. also john following the story since weinstein was abducted in
well, a slightly similar reaction as far as the apology is concerned. it s extraordinary, of course, for many years, the united states didn t even accept that it was carrying out drone strikes on pakistani land. neither did the pakistani government. it was a very silent tour, if you like. and the reaction to the apology from human rights group representing other drone victims. they believe to be innocent, collateral damage in this drone war have come out and maybe she needed that. but what about other innocent victims? as far as the pakistani government is concerned and the military, we ve contacted them last night and today. no reaction from them so far. the pakistani embassy in the united states releasing a statement expressing deep regret and profound respect for warren
contesting the use of u.s. drone strikes and the united states originally not admitting to carrying them out. we have seen that admission and human rights groups have pounced on that. back in 2013 cnn was given access to the u.n. special tours trip to pakistan where he met with a number of drone victims. pakistani drone victims caught up in the drone war with pakistan. i met them too. one of the human rights groups that represented them lawyers represented them trying to get compensation for them has pointed out this is not the first time a drone strike has gone wrong. it is a controversial admits saima, is questioning how the program should go forward. the president takes full responsibility for the deaths of the hostages. he offers his deepest an poll
people out of here and the second thing is. no. you have got to protect your family. you are putting five commanders on the taliban back in the field. where they are going to kill people. do you have any doubt we re going to track those guys and kill those guys. yes, i do. i don t think really at this point that the obama administration has any will in afghanistan at all. that s my opinion. tell all the drone victims about that one. there hasn t been a drone strike since january. all right, mary katharine, go ahead. i would say critics i will join them, this is how the american military works and what is wonderful about it and not contingent on his behavior questionable or not that you go and get him and bring him back. but it s not just political critics of this decision, the afghan government has a lot of questions about this because they are going to have to deal with the starting five of the taliban when they come back ultimately. our own state department in the pas