The Afghan Taliban government said the strike, which hit a facility in the capital late on Monday as patients and staff were praying ahead of the end of Ramadan, also wounded at least 265 people.

The casualty figures have not been independently verified.The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) told Reuters that 143 people were killed and 119 wounded, offering a significantly lower toll than Afghan authorities.

Relatives gathered at the site on Wednesday, combing through lists and debris in search of loved ones who had been undergoing treatment at the centre.

“We came here looking for our patient, he is missing,” said Mazar, 50, who gave only one name.

“We checked the lists, but his name was not in the list of the living. Maybe he is injured or has been killed.”Afghanistan’s interior ministry said funerals for some of those killed would take place later in the day.

Afghan authorities said the strike hit a well-known civilian rehabilitation centre, formerly a NATO military base known as Camp Phoenix that had been converted into a treatment facility about a decade ago.

Pakistan rejected those claims, stating that its forces had “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure,” disputing assertions that civilians were the primary victims.

Independent experts said verifying the exact nature of the target would be difficult without a third-party investigation, given sharply conflicting accounts from both sides.

The strike marks a sharp deterioration in relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, already strained by cross-border security concerns. The incident comes amid broader regional instability linked to the ongoing U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, further complicating the security landscape.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump confirmed that contacts with Iran were taking place but suggested negotiations had yet to reach a decisive stage. “Yes, we’re talking to them,” Trump said when asked whether diplomatic efforts were underway to end the conflict. “But I don’t think they’re ready

. But they are getting pretty close.”The war, which has rattled global markets and spread across parts of the Middle East, intensified after coordinated U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets on Feb. 28. The opening day of the campaign killed several senior Iranian officials, including Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Trump offered few details about the nature or level of the contacts, and suggested uncertainty about who currently represents Iran’s leadership after the initial strikes.“I’m not sure I want to make a deal, because first of all nobody even knows who you’re dealing with, because most of their leadership has been killed,” he said.

Iranian officials, however, rejected the notion that talks were underway.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran was not engaged in negotiations with Washington and criticized the United States for pursuing diplomacy after launching military strikes.“We are stable and strong enough. We are only defending our people,” Araghchi said in an interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation” broadcast on Sunday.

“We don’t see any reason why we should talk with Americans, because we were talking with them when they decided to attack us,” he added. “There is no good experience talking with Americans.”Trump nonetheless maintained that Iranian authorities were seeking an agreement to end hostilities.

“They want to make a deal badly,” he said, without elaborating on possible terms or channels for future negotiations.

The conflicting statements highlight uncertainty over whether diplomatic efforts could emerge alongside the continuing military confrontation that has expanded across the region since late February.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military did not immediately comment when asked about the Hezbollah statement.

Hezbollah said the clash occurred after Israeli forces conducted an airborne operation in eastern Lebanon, an area where the group maintains a presence. The statement did not provide further details on the scale of the raid or whether there were casualties.

The reported raid comes amid intensifying hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which have exchanged attacks since the conflict escalated last week. The war marks one of the most serious confrontations between Israel and the Lebanese armed group in years.

Israeli officials have said the military campaign is aimed at weakening Hezbollah’s operational and financial capabilities.

Separately, the Israeli military said it planned to strike a financial body associated with Hezbollah, according to a statement, underscoring Israel’s effort to disrupt the group’s funding channels as the fighting continues.

Hezbollah, backed by Iran and one of the most heavily armed non-state groups in the Middle East, has long maintained military infrastructure across parts of Lebanon, including areas close to the Israeli border.

The announcement came roughly a week after the United States and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran, escalating hostilities that have spread across the Middle East. The State Department said Rubio determined an emergency existed that required the immediate transfer of weapons to Israel.Under the deal, Israel requested 12,000 BLU-110A/B general-purpose bomb bodies weighing 1,000 pounds each. The State Department said the principal contractor would be Repkon USA, based in Texas.

Emergency authority invokedIn a statement, the State Department said Rubio concluded that the sale was “in the national security interests of the United States.” The emergency determination allows the administration to bypass the standard congressional review process normally required for foreign military sales.Such emergency authorities have been used by successive administrations during urgent geopolitical crises to accelerate weapons transfers to allies.The decision was made as fighting linked to the Iran conflict intensified across the region, with both U.S. and Israeli forces conducting strikes and Iran responding with attacks targeting Israel and several regional countries hosting U.S. military installations.

Congressional criticism emergesDemocratic Representative Gregory Meeks criticized the decision, saying the use of emergency authority indicated shortcomings in the administration’s preparation for the conflict.“The Trump administration has repeatedly insisted it was fully prepared for this war,” Meeks said in a statement. “Rushing to invoke emergency authority to circumvent Congress tells a different story.”Meeks added that the decision reflected what he described as an emergency “of the Trump administration’s own creation.”Conflict toll mountsThe United States and Israel launched an air assault on Iran on Feb. 28, prompting retaliatory attacks by Tehran against Israel and several regional locations hosting U.S. bases.Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations has said at least 1,332 Iranian civilians have been killed in the attacks and thousands more wounded. Iran has also reported the deaths of several senior leaders, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The U.S. military has said six American service members were killed in a strike on a facility in Kuwait, while Israeli authorities say at least 10 civilians have died in Iran’s retaliatory strikes.Washington has maintained strong military and political support for Israel during conflicts involving Gaza, Lebanon and Iran under both President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden.U.S. military assistance to Israel has drawn scrutiny from rights experts, particularly during Israel’s military campaign in Gaza Strip, which has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced the enclave’s population and triggered warnings of famine and genocide assessments from some scholars and a United Nations inquiry.