Afghanistan/Pakistan: Strike on Kabul rehabilitation centre raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law

Responding to statements from Pakistani officials claiming that an airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul on 16 March was targeting an ammunition depot, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director, Research, said: “While the total death toll from this attack has yet to be independently verified, it’s clear that it resulted in a significant number of deaths and injuries to civilians, at least in the hundreds. “It’s well-documented that a large part of Camp Phoenix, a former NATO camp, had been operating as a drug rehabilitation facility since 2016. Pakistan’s military should have taken all feasible precautions to spare […] The post Afghanistan/Pakistan: Strike on Kabul rehabilitation centre raises serious concerns under international humanitarian law appeared first on Amnesty International .