Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of airstrike on drug treatment facility in Kabul killing
Afghan officials have accused the Pakistani military of conducting airstrikes that targeted a specific medical center treating opioid-dependent patients, resulting in heavy casualties with more than two hundred individuals feared dead or injured as per initial reports from Monday morning. While Afghanistan insists these strikes were deliberate attacks on civilian sites within Kabul's city limits and also occurred across eastern regions without warning Pakistan has firmly rejected the allegations stating their operations did not impact any populated areas.
Key Points
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1Taliban officials report that a Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people in the ruins of an Afghan drug rehabilitation hospital near Kabul.
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2Pakistan has denied launching any airstrikes on civilian facilities and claims it did not target hospitals or non-military sites during recent operations.
Developments
Taliban authorities reported at least 400 deaths and over a quarter killed or injured after Pakistani airstrikes hit an Afghan drug rehabilitation center in early February; Pakistan denied targeting civilians but claimed precision strikes against Taliban military installations while launching what it termed "open war" on the regime.
Un ataque aéreo realizado por Pakistán contra un hospital rehabilitador para usuarios de drogas en Kabul ha causado al menos 400 muertes y más de 250 heridos, una escalada que el gobierno talibán atribuye a la agresión pero que Islamabad rechaza calificando como falsa. China se mantiene dispuesta mediar entre ambos países vecinos mientras las hostilidades intensifican un contexto regional marcado por inestabilidad tras los conflictos en Medio Oriente y Asia Central.