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World Service,17 Mar 2026,49 mins
Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing hundreds in hospital strike
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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. Lebanon says seven people were killed in Israeli strikes on Monday as the Iran-backed armed group, Hezbollah, fired missiles and rockets into Israel. President Trump says he is surprised more world leaders are not eager to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of global oil supplies pass. We'll speak to a retired Korean general (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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