US EditionAfghanistan Says Pakistani Airstrike Kills 400 at Kabul Rehab Hospital
Afghanistan claims a Pakistani airstrike killed up to 400 at a Kabul drug rehab hospital amid escalating border conflict; Pakistan denies targeting civilians.
- On Monday, Afghanistan's Taliban government accused Pakistan of conducting airstrikes on a Kabul drug rehabilitation center, claiming the attack killed 400 people; Pakistan denied hitting civilian sites, asserting it targeted military infrastructure.
- This incident marks a sharp escalation in clashes that intensified late last month, with Islamabad describing the ongoing conflict as "open war" and both sides trading accusations of harboring militant groups.
- Ongoing fighting has forced about 115,000 people from their homes according to the UN refugee agency, while the World Food Programme warns that "further instability will push millions into hunger" delivering aid.
- Beyond Kabul, exchanges in Khost province and other border regions have killed two children and wounded 10 people in recent days, disrupting an October ceasefire and straining diplomatic relations.
- Amid these tensions, the UN Security Council recently extended the UNAMA mission for three months, calling on the Taliban to "step up efforts to combat terrorism" without explicitly naming Pakistan.
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Rescue crews dig bodies out of the ruins of a Kabul hospital hit in an airstrike blamed on Pakistan
Rescue crews are still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, after officials there said an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people at the facility. Pakistan has denied…
On Tuesday, the Taliban Government in Afghanistan raised the death toll to 400 and 250 wounded by the Pakistani aerial bombing of a rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, a fact that led the Afghan regime to threaten an immediate military response."Unfortunately, the number of martyrs (dead) has reached 400 so far," said the deputy spokesman for the Taliban regime, Hamdullah Fitrat, in a statement. The attack on Omid Hospital, a 2,000-bed compound in…
The Pakistani military struck targets in Afghanistan again on Monday. An airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in the capital Kabul killed 400 people and wounded about 250, according to Afghan authorities. Afghanistan blames Pakistan for the attack, which it denies.
The government of Islamabad claims to have conducted precision air operations in the night against militant groups in Kabul and Nangarhar
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