US EditionMass Funeral Held for Victims of Kabul Hospital Strike
- On Monday night, an airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing hundreds as patients completed evening Ramadan prayers; the Afghan Taliban government reported 408 deaths, while the United Nations counted 143.
- Afghan authorities identified the site as a former NATO base named Camp Phoenix converted to a civilian facility, though Pakistan rejected this, claiming it "precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure."
- Families gathered at the site on Wednesday searching for missing loved ones two days after the bombing, as Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qanie reported some bodies were unidentifiable and others "collected almost like pieces of flesh."
- UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett urged the strike "must be promptly, independently and transparently investigated," while China called for both nations to exercise "calm and restraint" and "swiftly implement a ceasefire."
- This attack marks the deadliest incident in a months-long conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan that flared last month when Pakistan began directly targeting Afghan territory, further complicating regional stability.
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143 people were killed in the attack on Monday evening, the UN says. The victims were buried today at a mass funeral in Kabul.
Afghanistan faces uncertainty about the exact number of deaths, disappearances and injuries in the bombing of a drug-addicted rehabilitation centre in Kabul on Monday night. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNama) has recorded 143 deaths in the attack, as reported by one official to Reuters. Initially, the Taliban Government had claimed that the explosion — which it attributed to Pakistan — had caused 408 deaths and 265 inju…
Dozens Killed in Pakistani Airstrike on Kabul
The attack hit a drug rehabilitation facility, and Afghanistan vowed to retaliate, risking an escalation of the conflict between the two countries.By Safiullah Padshah and Elian PeltierA Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center killed dozens of people in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Monday night, in the deadliest single attack of an escalating conflict between the two neighbors.There were at least 75 bodies in body bags or coffins…
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