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Pakistan’s escalating military campaign in Afghanistan has triggered serious allegations of widespread targeting of civilians
Rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Tuesday after officials said an overnight airstrike killed more than 400 people in a dramatic escalation of a conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan that is now in its third week.
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal died after spending one day in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in Dallas.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have continued trading attacks after Pakistan bombed Afghanistan’s two biggest cities in the early hours of Friday.
More than 1,100 Afghans evacuated by the US fear their route to promised resettlement is closed for good.
Pakistan-Afghanistan 'war' live updates: Afghanistan Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said all parts of the drug treatment hospital had been destroyed. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the Pakistan military violated Afghanistan’s airspace and targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital.
Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan flared this week after the Afghan Taliban government accused its neighbour of attacking a drug rehabilitation centre and killing more than 400 people - a charge denied by Islamabad.