'Cowardly, blatant assault': India condemns Pakistan air strike on Kabul hospital that killed 400

India on Tuesday condemned the air strike by Pakistan on a hospital in Kabul, which killed at least 400 people and left 250 inured. In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) called the act “cowardly and unconscionable”, accusing Pakistan of trying to “dress up a massacre as a military operation”.

"This is a cowardly and unconscionable act of violence that has claimed the lives of a large number of civilians in a facility which can by no means be justified as a military target. Pakistan is now trying to dress up a massacre as a military operation," the statement read.

In what appears as a sharp escalation in the conflict ⁠between the neighbours, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government on Tuesday said,  at least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an air strike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul.

Pakistan, however, rejected the claim as false and misleading and said it "precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure" on Monday night.