(ABC NEWS) The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says the investigation into the mistaken airstrike of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz was "a tragic and avoidable accident caused primarily by human error."
Gen. John Campbell told reporters today that the crew of an AC-130 gunship struck the hospital, mistaking it for another building a several hundred meters away that had been taken over by the Taliban. Campbell said some of the individuals involved in the accident have been suspended from their duties and referred to U.S. Special Operations Command for possible disciplinary action.
"We failed to meet our own high expectations," Campbell said in releasing the findings of a 3,000-page investigation conducted by a U.S. major general not under his command.