Pakistan Airstrike on Kabul Hospital, Afghanistan Claims 400 Dead

Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of conducting an airstrike on the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Hospital in Kabul, resulting in an alleged death toll of up to 400 people and 250 injured. Afghan officials, including Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman and Deputy Government Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat, condemned the attack as a violation of sovereignty and a crime against humanity, stating the hospital was completely destroyed. Pakistan, through Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's spokesman Mosharraf Zaidi and Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, vehemently denied targeting any civilian sites, asserting that their strikes were precise and aimed at military installations and terrorist support infrastructure used by the Pakistani Taliban and other militants in Kabul and Nangarhar. This incident marks a dramatic escalation in the ongoing conflict between the two nations, which Pakistan has described as an 'open war.' The United Nations Security Council has called on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to combat terrorism, while countries like Qatar and China have previously attempted or offered to mediate the tensions.