Pakistan denies hospital strike in Afghanistan as death toll hits 400
Al Jazeera
Pakistani minister ‘strongly rejects’ Afghan government’s accusation, saying his country only targets military sites.
Islamabad has denied the accusations of Afghanistan’s Taliban government that Pakistani forces hit a hospital treating drug users in the Afghan capital, Kabul, saying that its strikes in the neighbouring country have avoided civilian sites.
“We strongly refute and reject these allegations,” Pakistani Minister of Information Attaullah Tarar told Al Jazeera Arabic on Tuesday. “Pakistan has only targeted terrorist infrastructure and military locations.”
On Monday, Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban government, said Pakistan’s military struck Kabul’s Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital at about 9pm local time (16:30 GMT).
The hospital is a 2,000-bed facility, and the raid 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.
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