March 17 (UPI) -- A Pakistani airstrike on a drug addiction treatment hospital in Kabul late Monday killed at least 400 people and injured 250 others, according to the Taliban, accusations staunchly rejected as lies by Islamabad.
The airstrike targeting the 2,000-bed Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital occurred at about 9 p.m. local time, the Afghan government's deputy spokesman, Hamdulla Fitrat, said in a statement.
Large sections of the hospital were destroyed, he said, adding that the casualty toll may rise as rescue teams fight to control the fire at the scene and recover bodies.
"We strongly condemn this crime and consider such an act to be against all accepted principles and a crime against humanity," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a separate statement.
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