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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Abdul Qahar Afghan,Munir Ahmed and Elena Becatoros

Rescue crews dig bodies out of the ruins of a Kabul hospital hit in an airstrike blamed on Pakistan

APTOPIX Afghanistan Pakistan - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Rescue crews were still digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital Tuesday morning, after officials there said an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people at the facility.

Pakistan has denied Afghanistan’s accusation that it targeted a hospital, saying its strikes, which were also conducted in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, did not hit any civilian sites.

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