Overview
- Taliban authorities say a late‑Monday airstrike hit the 2,000‑bed Omid addiction treatment hospital in Kabul around 9 p.m., reporting roughly 408 killed and 265 wounded, most described as patients.
- Islamabad rejects that a hospital was struck, saying its precision operations in Kabul and Nangarhar targeted Camp Phoenix and other facilities it describes as ammunition and equipment storage for Taliban‑aligned militants.
- Pakistan’s information ministry says the hospital lies several kilometres from its target and cites secondary detonations as evidence of munitions on site, a claim Afghan officials dispute.
- Independent verification remains limited: AFP reporters counted dozens of bodies at the scene, and UN officials told Reuters they have so far confirmed 143 deaths, underscoring wide gaps in casualty estimates.
- International actors, including UN human‑rights officials, the WHO and the EU, call for de‑escalation and an independent investigation as the cross‑border conflict enters a third week with further strikes and rising civilian harm reported.