Rescue teams recover bodies after deadly Kabul hospital air strike
Al Jazeera
Afghan official condemns Pakistan air strike, calling it a crime against humanity targeting civilians and addicts.
Rescue teams have recovered more bodies from the demolished Kabul drug rehabilitation hospital following an overnight air strike that claimed more than 400 lives, according to officials. The attack marked a dramatic intensification in the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which has intensified in the last three weeks.
Pakistan rejected Afghanistan’s claims about the hospital strike, insisting its Monday operations in eastern Afghanistan targeted only military installations. Pakistani officials dismissed the reported death count as propaganda.
The injured and deceased were taken to multiple local hospitals, where crowds of people searched desperately for family members. Independent confirmation of casualty figures remains impossible.
The conflict has escalated through repeated border skirmishes and air strikes within Afghanistan, despite international calls for a ceasefire.
This latest attack came just hours after Afghan officials reported border clashes that killed four people in Afghanistan.
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