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Pakistani airstrike on Kabul hospital kills 400
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: At least 400 people have been killed and around 250 injured in a Pakistani airstrike at a hospital in Afghan capital Kabul last night. Taliban Government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that a large section of the hospital has been destroyed in the Pakistani airstrike and the number of casualties may increase. He said, Pakistani military regime has once again violated Afghanistan’s airspace and targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, resulting in the death and injury of addicts who were undergoing treatment. The attack came hours after Afghan officials said the two sides exchanged fire along their common border.
UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has expressed concern over civilian casualties in the attack on the hospital. The International Human Rights Foundation has also condemned the attack, saying that public places such as hospitals should not be targeted. The situation in Kabul has been tense as residents report continued aircraft activity over the city. The Pakistani military has struck Kabul several times in recent weeks, causing heavy civilian casualties.
India on Tuesday lashed out at Pakistan after strikes on a hospital in Afghanistan's Kabul. In a statement, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) called the act “cowardly and unconscionable” and also accused Pakistan of trying to “dress up a massacre as a military operation”.
“This heinous act of aggression by Pakistan is also a blatant assault on Afghanistan’s sovereignty and a direct threat to regional peace and stability. It reflects Pakistan’s persistent pattern of reckless behaviour and its repeated attempts to externalize internal failures through increasingly desperate acts of violence beyond its borders,” the statement further said.
Death and devastation took over a hospital with 2,000-bed capacity in Kabul where a strike left 400 people dead on Tuesday. However, Pakistan has denied attacking the premises, claiming that it only targeted military establishments in Afghanistan.
