Taliban accuses Pakistani forces of airstrike on Afghan drug rehab clinic killing
The Taliban government accused the military of neighboring Pakistan Monday morning that it launched airstrikes targeting a hospital treating addicts, which resulted at least four deaths and several injuries according to initial reports from Kabul officials who said they were confirmed by local witnesses; however Pakistani forces stated their strikes targeted legitimate targets including army bases in eastern Afghanistan.
Key Points
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1Afghanistan's Taliban government accuses Pakistani forces of conducting airstrikes in Kabul targeting specific military and terrorist targets.
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2A key point of contention is the identification of a hospital treating drug addicts as one victim site, with Afghanistan reporting over 200 deaths there while Pakistan denies this characterization. Afghan officials state four people were killed at an unspecified location due to crossfire or strikes hours before other reports emerged.
Developments
The Taliban government accused Pakistan's military of airstrike targets a drug addiction treatment hospital that resulted in deaths at their border while exchanging fire with the Pakistani army. In response to these allegations regarding cross-border violence, which has escalated into its third deadliest week between neighbors since 2014 and killed four people including two children earlier this month