Kabul, Pakistan and Afghanistan
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Afghanistan said over 400 civilians were killed in an alleged Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul on Monday. In a post on X, Afghan deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat announced the attack and death toll after social media footage showed the smoldering ruin of the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital.
Pakistan says it struck militant hideouts in Afghanistan as cross-border fighting intensified and both sides traded blame.