Kabul says hundreds killed in Pakistani air strike on hospital

Kabul says hundreds killed in Pakistani air strike on hospital Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 03/17/2026 - 10:37 Islamabad rejects Afghan government's claim that 400 people were killed in attack on drug rehabilitation facility A Taliban security officer patrols the site of a Pakistani attack on Kabul on 17 March (AFP/Wakil Kohsar) Off A Taliban official has accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people at a drug rehabilitation facility in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban government of Afghanistan, said the 2,000-bed Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital was attacked late on Monday evening. Images taken by the AFP news agency showed Afghan members of the Red Crescent removing bodies from the rubble, and surviving patients gathered in a holding area near the ruins of the targeted building.