About 400 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, the Afghan government said Tuesday, calling it the deadliest attack in the latest surge of violence with Pakistan.
Hundreds more were said to have been wounded at the facility, which was hit on Monday night, flattening buildings used to treat people from across the country for addictions to marijuana, amphetamines and other narcotics.
There was no immediate independent verification of the toll, but Agence France-Presse (AFP) reporters saw at least 30 bodies taken from the site in the chaotic and smouldering aftermath of the attack on Monday night.
They then saw more than 65 removed Tuesday as rescuers picked through the rubble in the search for victims and survivors.
"The toll is not final as the rescue operation is still going on, but we have around 400 martyrs and more than 200 wounded," said Interior Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman, calling the strike "against the Geneva Convention and all international laws."
