Title: US Accepts Blame for Afghan Hospital Attack

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/543/hospital_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Accepts Blame for Afghan Hospital Attack' data-article-id='878'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11875'>A U.S. military commander says American forces are responsible for "mistakenly" hitting a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on Saturday.</span> <span data-start-time='11875' data-end-time='14729'>The bombing killed 22 people.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='14729' data-end-time='23854'>Army General John Campbell told a congressional committee in Washington that Afghan forces requested the airstrike. </span> <span data-start-time='23854' data-end-time='29917'>The Afghan forces said Taliban fighters were firing from the hospital.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='29917' data-end-time='37500'>The hospital is operated by the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='37500' data-end-time='43313'>General Campbell said the U.S. led the raid after reviewing the request.</span> <span data-start-time='43313' data-end-time='53750'>To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fire was a U.S. decision made within the U.S. chain of command, Campbell said. </span> <span data-start-time='53750' data-end-time='56521'>A hospital was mistakenly struck.</span> <span data-start-time='56521' data-end-time='61833'>We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='61833' data-end-time='68396'>General Campbell did not discuss additional details about the airstrike. </span> <span data-start-time='68396' data-end-time='72125'>U.S. and Afghan investigations into the bombing continue.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/543/hospital_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4202 data-hint-location='29917' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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A U.S. military commander says American forces are responsible for "mistakenly" hitting a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on Saturday. The bombing killed 22 people.

Army General John Campbell told a congressional committee in Washington that Afghan forces requested the airstrike. The Afghan forces said Taliban fighters were firing from the hospital.

The hospital is operated by the international medical charity Doctors Without Borders.

General Campbell said the U.S. led the raid after reviewing the request. To be clear, the decision to provide aerial fire was a U.S. decision made within the U.S. chain of command, Campbell said. A hospital was mistakenly struck. We would never intentionally target a protected medical facility.

General Campbell did not discuss additional details about the airstrike. U.S. and Afghan investigations into the bombing continue.

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