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According to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, President Obama called Doctors Without Borders Wednesday morning to apologize for the airstrike that hit a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing 22 civilians.
The President also phoned Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to offer his condolences for the victims and their families.
Following news of the incident, President Obama called for three separate investigations that he hopes will “yield a full accounting of what transpired.”
Obama plans to implement changes to military protocol where needed to “make tragedies like this one less likely to occur in the future,” said Earnest.
Click here to watch the White House announcement.
Earnest originally stated during Tuesday's press briefing that the President would wait to make any apologies until after investigations into the incident were concluded. Why Obama contacted both Doctors Without Borders and President Ghani on Wednesday remains unclear as investigations are still underway.