Pakistan denies hospital strike in Afghanistan as death toll hits 400

"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."

"In a series of posts on X, Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid denounced the assault as a crime against humanity. He accused the Pakistani military of intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure to perpetrate horrors, later saying that those killed and injured in the strike were patients receiving treatment at the facility."

Pakistan's Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has strongly rejected accusations from Afghanistan's Taliban government that Pakistani forces bombed Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul. The Taliban claims the strike killed approximately 400 people and injured 250 others, destroying large sections of the 2,000-bed facility. Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the assault as a crime against humanity, alleging intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure. Pakistan maintains it only strikes terrorist infrastructure and military locations. The violence stems from Pakistan's accusations that the Taliban harbors the Pakistan Taliban and Baloch separatist groups responsible for attacks within Pakistan. Afghanistan denies these allegations.

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