More than 200 dead and 400 injured in the attack on a Kabul hospital, according to the Taliban

Kabul.- At least 200 people died and more than 400 were injured in the attack by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, with a capacity for 2,000 patients, sources from the de facto Taliban Government assured EFE. “In the attack by the Pakistani military regime against the thousand-bed drug rehabilitation hospital, more than 200 addicts receiving treatment in one of the pavilions died,” detailed the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health of the Afghan Government, Dr. Sharafat Zaman Amar. Additionally, “about 200 injured people have also been transferred to hospitals”, according to the spokesperson who warned that “the number of victims could increase even more”. These statements match the estimates of a source from the Afghan government, who also assured EFE a provisional balance of up to 400 injured, noting that the medical facilities “have been completely destroyed by the bombing”. We recommend reading: “Many patients remain buried under the rubble and these figures are increasing,” government sources warned. «There were very strong and continuous explosions, and the sound of fighter planes was also heard. When we looked, we saw flames. Upon leaving, the Omid Treatment Center had been bombed», reported to EFE Yousuf Khan Hotak, a witness who resides near the medical center in District 9 of the Afghan capital.

Civilian Victims

«All the victims here are civilians and patients who had been brought in for treatment», added the witness, while ambulances continued to operate in the area. The Pakistani government has categorically denied attacking a civilian medical center and asserted that its operations were “highly precise and focused” against warehouses of material belonging to the insurgent group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). According to a statement from the Pakistani Ministry of Information, the claim about the hospital is a “distortion of the facts” by the Taliban regime to cover up its support for cross-border terrorism. To support its version, Islamabad argued that the secondary and continuous detonations recorded after the impact of its artillery confirm that the building housed heavy weaponry and explosives, and not patients. You can also read: The Omid Hospital was one of the largest rehabilitation facilities in Afghanistan, dedicated to treating drug addicts from the 34 provinces of the Asian country.