Pakistani Airstrike on Afghanistan’s Kabul Rehab Facility Kills Hundreds
Afghan government Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat stated that the Pakistani military “carried out an airstrike at approximately 9:00 p.m. (1630GMT) this evening on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a 2,000-bed facility dedicated to the treatment of drug addiction," adding that large sections of the hospital were destroyed and there are "serious concerns about a high number of casualties."
He said around 250 others were injured and that rescue teams were operating at the site, according to reports.
Earlier reports noted airstrikes in Kabul, with Afghan authorities accusing Pakistan of violating Afghanistan’s airspace and targeting the rehabilitation center.
Pakistan’s Information Ministry rejected the accusations, asserting that the strike “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure including technical equipment storage and ammunition storage of the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij in Kabul and Nangarhar (province) that were being used against innocent Pakistani civilians.” It added that “The post-strike detonation of stored ammunition being used by the master terror proxy also fully contradicts the fake claim.”
Afghan government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the attack, calling it “an act to be against all accepted principles and a crime against humanity,” as stated by reports.
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