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World Service,17 Mar 2026,49 mins

Hundreds of people reported dead in Kabul

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A Taliban spokesman said at least four hundred had been killed with another two hundred and fifty injured. There's been no independent verification of those numbers, but a BBC reporter on the scene said the facility had been reduced to a blazing ruin. As President Trump continues to demand that other nations help secure the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, more European leaders have said no. An Oscar-winning director will join us to talk about his documentary "Mr Nobody Against Putin" -- and accepting that famous golden statuette at the Academy Awards. (Photo: A man walks 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/Kabul, Afghanistan

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