The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan confirmed Wednesday that 143 people were killed in Pakistan’s bombing of a drug treatment facility in Kabul, according to a UN official who spoke with Reuters.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government had previously reported much higher casualties from Monday evening’s airstrike, claiming more than 400 people died and another 265 were wounded in the attack.
Pakistani officials have disputed the Taliban’s assertion that they struck a drug rehabilitation center, stating instead that their forces “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure.”
