Victims Receive Treatment After Alleged Pakistan Airstrike Kills 200
Last update: March 17, 2026
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Airstrike on rehab facility in Kabul injures hundreds..
Injured civilians have been transferred to hospitals in Kabul after they were caught in an alleged Pakistani airstrike on a hospital for drug addicts that left hundreds dead or wounded.
Footage filmed on Tuesday March 17, 2026, showed medical care offered to the injured at the capital's Wazir Mohammed Hospital.
“When we performed the Taraweeh prayer and went to our rooms, shortly after, we were attacked by an airstrike. In the second attack, I was injured; something hit me in the stomach, our rooms are made of wood,” said victim Naqibullah, adding that he had lost many friends.
Doctor Ghulam Nabi, noted, “I have received a list of emergency cases, with around 66 injured and 38 dead.”
Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid reportedly stated that the 'Pakistani military regime' had 'once again violated Afghan airspace and targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital'.
'We strongly condemn this crime and consider it an inhumane act and a violation of all universally recognised humanitarian principles,' he added.
Afghan Health Ministry spokesperson Dr Sharafat Zaman stated that the attack ‘killed 200 addicts’, while 170 injured people were taken to the hospital.
Pakistan denied what it described as a ‘distortion of facts which misled public opinion’ by the Taliban government.
‘On the night of March 16, Pakistan precisely targeted military facilities and infrastructure supporting terrorism, including technical equipment and ammunition depots belonging to the Afghan Taliban and the Fatna al-Khawarij group in Kabul and Nangarhar,’ the Pakistan statement read, adding that the secondary explosions seen in footage were caused by stored ammunition, not the initial strike.
Tensions between the two countries continued after Afghanistan launched what it described as a ‘large-scale attack’ on Pakistani military positions near the border in February 2026.
The Taliban government said it responded to deadly airstrikes earlier that month.
Pakistan said the previous attacks targeted ‘militants’ planning ‘suicide attacks,’ carried out airstrikes on the capital Kabul and two other provinces. Pakistan also alleges that Kabul is harbouring militants from the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, a claim the Taliban government strongly denies.
