The hospital was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government’s spokesman said on X.

Pakistan’s information ministry denied targeting the centre, saying it had struck military installations and what it called “terrorist support infrastructure” in Kabul and the eastern Afghan province of Nangahar.

The BBC visited the hospital, parts of which were still on fire, and saw more than 30 bodies being carried out on stretchers.

Some 2,000 people were being treated there, according to hospital officials, who believe there could be hundreds of casualties.

The Afghan health ministry’s spokesman, Sharafat Zaman Amarkhail, told the BBC there are no military facilities near the hospital.