400 killed, over 200 injured in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital, claims Taliban
PTC News Desk: In another significant development, Afghanistan's deputy government spokesperson said early Tuesday that Pakistan launched airstrike targeting Kabul hospital treating drug users resulted in the deaths of 400 people.
Pakistan had earlier denied hitting a hospital, saying its airstrikes in Kabul and eastern Afghanistan on Monday did not target any civilian sites.
Earlier, Afghanistan’s Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman reported that the attack claimed the lives of more than 200 people. He said the drug treatment hospital was completely destroyed, speaking in an interview with local media that was later shared online, as reported by the Associated Press.
Government spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid also circulated the interview and condemned the strike, describing it as a breach of Afghanistan’s sovereignty.
“Most of the dead and injured were patients receiving treatment at the facility,” Mujahid wrote in a post on X.
Footage aired on local television showed firefighters trying to control flames rising from the wreckage of the damaged building. Afghan cricketer Mohammad Nabi also posted a video from the hospital on X, drawing attention to the heavy human cost of the attack.
“Tonight in Kabul, hope was extinguished at a hospital. Young men seeking treatment were murdered in a bombing by the Pakistani military regime,” Nabi wrote. “Mothers waited at the gates, calling their sons’ names. On the 28th night of Ramadan, their lives were cut short,” he added.
- With inputs from agencies
