India Condemns Pakistan's Airstrike On Kabul Hospital: 'Cowardly, unconscionable act of violence'

New Delhi: India on Tuesday strongly condemned Pakistan's airstrikes on a hospital in Afghanistan's Kabul, which killed 400 people and called it a 'cowardly, unconscionable act of violence' that targeted civilians.

What did the MEA say?

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said that the strike on a drug rehabilitation facility, identified as the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, was "barbaric" and "cowardly" act of violence. 

The Foreign Ministry said, "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."

The statement further said that Pakistan is now trying to dress up a massacre as a military operation.

A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs on Pakistan's airstrike on a hospital in Afghanistan states," India unequivocally condemns Pakistan's barbaric airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul on the night of March 16. This is a cowardly and… pic.twitter.com/GH8hLUw2Vh

What did the Ministry say about the attack?

The ministry said the attack on the hospital was a "heinous act of aggression by Pakistan and is also a blatant assault on Afghanistan's sovereignty and a direct threat to regional peace and stability."

India said that the airstrikes reflects Pakistan's "persistent pattern of reckless behaviour" and its repeated attempts to "externalise internal failures through increasingly desperate acts of violence beyond its borders".

"That this attack was carried out during the holy month of Ramzan, a time of peace, reflection, and mercy among Muslim communities across the world, makes it all the more reprehensible. There is no faith, no law, and no morality that can justify the deliberate targeting of a hospital and its patients," the statement said.

The airstrike by Pakistan on a hospital in Kabul killed at least 400 people and left 250 inured.