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Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing hundreds in hospital strike

The hospital in Kabul was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government's spokesman said on X.

The hospital in Kabul was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government's spokesman said on X.

Pakistan denies striking any health facility, saying it "precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure" in Kabul and the eastern province of Nangahar.

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(Photo: Smoke rises as firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of a drug users rehabilitation hospital destroyed in what the Taliban said was a Pakistani air strike in Kabul; Credit: Sayed Hassib/Reuters

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