Top US commander apologizes for Afghan airstrike

Whatever we are doing, or supposed to be doing in Afghanistan, since when do we call the countries leader and apologize
for someone being killed, especially a child, even by mistake? Boy, the rules of war have really changed. BUT..below is a paragraph from near the end of this article, where a child was also killed, by a suicide bomber

Elsewhere in the south, a suicide bomber also tried to attack a NATO convoy but missed, instead killing a child and wounding three passers-by in Kandahar, provincial spokesman Jaweed Faisal said. DOESNT SAY ANYONE CALLED TO APOLOGIZE

PATRICK QUINN, AP...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized to President Hamid Karzai for a drone strike that killed a child and NATO promised an investigation Friday as rising tensions threatened efforts to persuade the Afghan leader to sign a long-delayed security agreement.

Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford called Karzai late Thursday to express "deep regrets for the incident and any civilian casualties," the commander's spokesman said. STORY