Hundreds Killed In Attack On Kabul Rehabilitation Centre, Says Taliban
Residents of Kabul said they heard the sound of a fighter jet followed by at least two powerful explosions across the city at about 8:50 p.m. local time, according to reports shared with Afghanistan International.
Gunfire was later heard in several parts of the capital.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the Taliban’s deputy spokesperson, said Pakistani forces had targeted the Omid drug rehabilitation centre. He claimed that at least 400 people were killed and 250 others wounded in the attack.
Fitrat said around 2,000 people had been undergoing treatment at the facility at the time.
Pakistan denied targeting any medical centre and said its strikes were aimed at “precise military facilities and terrorist support infrastructure” in Kabul and Nangarhar province.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has not yet issued a statement on the reported incident.
Human rights activists have called for an independent and impartial international investigation into the attack.
A video published by Hurriyat, a Taliban-linked outlet, showed a guard at the Omid camp saying a jet had dropped a bomb about 200 metres from the facility. The witness said he was injured by shrapnel from the blast.
