Rescue teams are continuing to pull bodies from the smoking rubble of a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, hit on Monday night in a devastating Pakistani 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, with the Taliban government estimating the number of people killed at about 400, a figure yet to be confirmed. Many others were injured.

Mohammad Shafee, a patient in his 20s, who survived the attack, recalled, I was in the kitchen helping to serve dinner when I heard a loud bang and ran for safety. Upon returning, 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, noted patients had just finished dinner and were in prayer when the jets struck. Another survivor, Ahmad, described it as doomsday, stating, My friends were burning in the fire, and we could not save them all.

Pakistan has denied that it purposely targeted the rehabilitation facility, characterizing the attack as a strike against military installations and accusing Afghanistan of harboring militants who attack targets in Pakistan, a claim the Taliban denies.

UN officials have called for restraint as hostilities have escalated, affecting six health facilities in Afghanistan since February.

The Omid Addiction Treatment Centre had previously served as a military training compound before being converted into a rehabilitation centre by the Afghan government, struggling to manage an influx of patients as the Taliban rounded up drug addicts from the streets.

As the community mourns and searches for their loved ones among the ruins, the ongoing conflict continues to bear a heavy toll on innocent lives caught in the crossfire.