Pakistan has previously denied claims that it attacked the hospital. He said that his Monday attack in Kabul and other strikes in eastern Afghanistan did not hit any civilian facilities.
According to the Reuters agency, on Monday, cross-border clashes between the Afghan government’s Islamist movement, the Taliban, and the Pakistani army in southeastern Afghanistan claimed at least four civilian lives, including two children.
The spokesman of the Afghan Ministry of Health, Šaráfat Zamán, confirmed the number of victims in an interview with local television, which originally spoke of more than 200 victims. He added that the attack left at least 170 injured and that the number of victims may rise after the ongoing rescue work. According to him, the Pakistani strike destroyed all parts of the hospital. The number of victims later rose to 400.
