Afghanistan has accused Pakistan’s military of launching an air strike on a Kabul hospital that treats drug users, with a spokesperson for government saying at least 400 people were killed, APA reports.
Pakistan has dismissed the accusation, saying the attacks on Monday, which were also conducted in eastern Afghanistan, did not hit any civilian sites.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy government spokesman, said the attack on the Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital took place at around 9pm local time (16:30 GMT).
The hospital is a 2,000-bed facility and the air attack destroyed large sections of the building, he wrote on X.
“Unfortunately, the death toll has so far reached 400, while around 250 others have been reported injured. Rescue teams are currently at the scene working to control the fire and recover the remaining bodies of the victims,” he added.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s spokesman, Mosharraf Zaidi, dismissed the allegations as baseless, saying that no hospital was targeted in Kabul.
In a post on X, Pakistan’s Ministry of Information said the strikes had “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure, including technical equipment storage and ammunition storage of Afghan Taliban” and Afghanistan-based Pakistani fighters in Kabul and Nangarhar. It added that the facilities were being used against innocent Pakistani civilians.
Pakistan’s targeting was “precise and carefully undertaken to ensure no collateral damage is inflicted”, the ministry said.
