"Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike that killed at least 400 people at a drug treatment hospital in Kabul late Monday. Afghan officials said the strike hit the 2,000-bed rehabilitation facility at around 9 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), causing extensive damage and leaving hundreds wounded, in a major escalation of the weekslong cross-border fighting between the neighbors."
"Pakistan denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its armed forces carried out "precision airstrikes" that aimed at "military installations and terrorist support infrastructure" in Kabul and eastern Nangarhar province. That is according to Attaullah Tarar, the country's information minister. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, also rejected the allegation, saying no hospital had been targeted in Kabul."
"The deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government, Hamdullah Fitrat, posted on X that the airstrike on the hospital killed at least 400 people, with hundreds more injured. "Rescue teams are currently at the scene working to control the fire and recover the remaining bodies of the victims," Fitrat said."
Afghanistan's Taliban government reported that a Pakistani airstrike on a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul killed at least 400 people with hundreds more injured on Monday evening. Deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat stated rescue teams were working to control fires and recover bodies. Pakistan's government denied the accusation, with Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claiming armed forces conducted precision strikes targeting military installations and terrorist infrastructure in Kabul and Nangarhar province. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's spokesperson rejected allegations that any hospital was targeted. The incident represents a major escalation in weeks of cross-border fighting between the neighbors. AFP journalists at the scene counted at least 30 bodies as wounded were transported to hospitals.
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