Afghanistan says 400 killed after Pakistani airstrike hits Kabul hospital

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Afghanistan on Tuesday accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul that killed at least 400 persons and injured several others, as cross-border clashes between the neighbouring countries intensified.

Pakistan refuted the allegation, saying that it only targeted “military installations and terrorist support infrastructure” in Kabul and the province of Nangarhar on Monday.

The strike hit the Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul around 9pm local time on Monday, the deputy spokesperson of Afghanistan’s Taliban government Hamdullah Fitrat claimed.

It came hours after Afghan officials said that the two sides had exchanged fire along their common border, with four persons killed in Afghanistan, as the deadliest fighting between the neighbours in years entered a third week, AP reported.

Fitrat said that the hospital, which has around 2,000 beds, was treating thousands of patients at the time of the attack, he said. He added that large sections of the buildings were destroyed, injuring around 250 persons.

Footage shared by local television stations showed firefighters attempting to extinguish flames while emergency crew carried casualties from the damaged building.