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Late Monday night, Pakistan launched an airstrike on Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Providing details regarding the attack, Afghanistan's deputy government spokesperson stated that Pakistan had targeted a hospital in Kabul dedicated to the treatment of drug addicts. The death toll from this attack has risen to 400. In a post on the social media platform X, Hamdullah Fitrat stated that a large section of the hospital was destroyed in the attack that took place on Monday night. He reported that the death toll has now reached 400, while 250 people have been injured. Fitrat added that rescue teams are working to bring the fire raging within the building under control and to recover the bodies of the victims. **Pakistan Denies Attacking Hospital** It is worth noting that Pakistan had earlier denied targeting the hospital, stating that no civilian sites were struck during the attacks carried out on Monday in Kabul and eastern Afghanistan. Furthermore, Afghanistan accused the Pakistani military of targeting the Kabul hospital—which treats drug addicts—during the airstrikes. A spokesperson for the country's Ministry of Health stated that more than 400 people have been killed. Pakistan rejected this allegation, reiterating that no civilian sites were targeted during the attacks conducted in eastern Afghanistan. **Most of the Hospital Destroyed** Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Health, confirmed that the entire hospital complex has been destroyed. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Afghan government, also posted a video clip. Local television stations broadcast footage showing firefighters battling to extinguish a blaze amidst the rubble of a building. This alleged attack occurred just hours after Afghan officials announced an exchange of gunfire between the two sides along their shared border, an incident in which four people were killed in Afghanistan. The most intense conflict between the neighboring nations in years has now entered its third week. Terrorist Hideouts Targeted On the other hand, Musharraf Zaidi, spokesperson for Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, dismissed the allegations as baseless, stating that no hospital in Kabul had been targeted. In a post on X, Pakistan's Ministry of Information stated that the strikes "precisely targeted the military installations and terrorist support infrastructure—including technical equipment and ammunition depots—of the Afghan Taliban and Pakistan-based terrorists located in Afghanistan, specifically in Kabul and Nangarhar." The Ministry added that these facilities were being utilized against innocent Pakistani citizens. The Ministry further noted that Pakistan's targeting was "precise and carefully executed to ensure that no collateral damage occurred."