Bombardment of Kunduz. The US military varies in its versions. Its reliability wavers

(B2) The US military seems really embarrassed by the Kunduz bombing of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) hospital. The different versions follow one another at an important rate, contradicting each other.

Initially, the version given is of a possible action on the spot. We then evoke a reply in US self-defense: “ lUS forces were threatened and an air raid was called ».

Yesterday morning, le General John F. Campbell, head of the US forces in Afghanistan, gives another version during the Pentagon press briefing, indicating that it was the Afghan forces who requested air support (and apparently there was no additional verification). “We have now learned that on October 3, Afghan forces indicated they were under fire from enemy positions and requested air support from US forces.. An airstrike was then called in to eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally hit ».

The moment is key: President Obama has announced a gradual withdrawal of American troops present in Afghanistan.

(NGV)