Rescue teams are continuing to pull bodies from the smoking rubble of a drug rehabilitation center in the Afghan capital, Kabul, which was hit on Monday night in a devastating air strike.
The attack on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, which happened at about 21:00 local time (16:30 GMT), is the deadliest in recent violence between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The strike occurred as residents broke their daily fast for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The death toll has continued to rise, and the Taliban government estimates about 400 casualties, although this figure has yet to be confirmed. Many others were injured.
Mohammad Shafee, a patient in his 20s, survived the attack. I was in the kitchen helping to serve dinner when I heard a loud bang and ran for safety, he recounted. When I returned later, I found most of our colleagues and people in the dining room hit. Only five of us survived.
Maiwand Hoshmand, a doctor at the facility, stated that patients had just finished dinner and were engaged in congregational prayer when the jets struck three areas of the center.
I heard the sound of the jet patrolling, noted Omid Stanikzai, a security guard. There were military units around us. When they fired at the jet, the jet dropped bombs and a fire broke out.
The whole place caught fire. It was like doomsday, recalled Ahmad, 50, a treatment recipient, as he described the attempts to save their friends trapped in the flames.
As the death toll rises, families gather at the center seeking news of their loved ones. One woman voiced her desperation, saying she had not heard from her husband, who had been in the facility for over seven months.
The facility, originally known as Camp Phoenix, served as a military training base before being repurposed into a rehabilitation center for drug addicts, reflecting Afghanistan's ongoing challenges with addiction.
UN officials are calling for restraint as hostilities continue, impacting several health facilities in the region. The world watches as the conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan escalates, leaving humanitarian crises in its wake.
