US Says They 'Had To' Bomb Afghanistan Hospital to Get Taliban

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[–]DffrntDrmmr 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Misleading headline.

This was a construction site. Taliban fighters were trying to breach the U.S. air base at Bagram, which adjoins a medical facility under renovation.

The attack saw the Taliban use a suicide car bomb to force their way onto the site, and they dug in defensively for a 10 hour battle. Airstrikes were clearly the most effective way for the US to kill those Taliban.