KABUL: Rescue workers scrambled to recover bodies and survivors on Tuesday from a drug treatment center in the Afghan capital, Kabul, after it was hit by a Pakistani airstrike, with the Taliban authorities saying hundreds of people were feared killed.
AFP reporters counted at least 30 bodies being removed from the rubble of the facility and saw medics treating dozens of wounded in the chaotic and smoldering aftermath of the attack on Monday night.
The Taliban government accused Pakistan of targeting civilians. But Islamabad maintained it had carried out precision strikes on “military installations and terrorist support infrastructure.”
The two sides have been in conflict for months, with Islamabad accusing its neighbor of harboring Islamist extremists who have mounted deadly cross-border attacks on its territory.
At first light, chairs, blankets, pieces of hospital beds and human remains could be seen in the blackened ruins of the rehabilitation center, which treated patients for drug addiction.
