Afghan Taliban says 400 killed, 250 injured in Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital

Smoke rises after an explosion in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday. At ​least 400 people were killed ‌and 250 injured in ⁠an ​air strike ⁠by Pakistan ‌on a ‌drug users rehabilitation ⁠hospital ⁠in the Afghan capital of Kabul.

Smoke rises after an explosion in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday. At ​least 400 people were killed ‌and 250 injured in ⁠an ​air strike ⁠by Pakistan ‌on a ‌drug users rehabilitation ⁠hospital ⁠in the Afghan capital of Kabul. (Sayed Hassib, Reuters )


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KABUL, Afghanistan — At ​least 400 people were killed ‌and 250 injured in ⁠an ​air strike ⁠by Pakistan ‌on a ‌drug users rehabilitation ⁠hospital ⁠in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the deputy spokesman of the ‌Afghan Taliban ​government said on Tuesday.

Pakistan rejected the claim as false and misleading and said it "precisely ​targeted ‌military ‌installations and ⁠terrorist support infrastructure" on Monday night.

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