Dozens of people were killed or injured after an air strike struck a drug treatment hospital in Kabul on Monday evening, with Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities blaming Pakistan for the attack.
Officials said the hospital was treating about 2,000 patients for drug addiction at the time of the strike.
Witnesses reported hearing loud explosions followed by the sound of aircraft and air defence activity.
A BBC correspondent at the scene said more than 30 bodies were seen being carried out of the partially burning hospital.
Afghanistan’s health ministry said there were no military facilities located near the hospital.
Pakistan’s information ministry denied targeting the medical centre, saying its operations were aimed at military installations and “terrorist support infrastructure” in Kabul and Nangarhar province.
The incident comes amid escalating cross-border clashes between the two countries since late February, despite a fragile ceasefire reached in October.
According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), at least 75 people have been killed and 193 injured in Afghanistan since February 26 due to ongoing fighting.
Following the strike, family members gathered outside the hospital searching for information about their relatives, raising fears that the number of casualties could rise further.
The attack is expected to intensify tensions between the neighbouring countries as violence continues along the border.
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