{"id":1830290,"date":"2026-03-17T03:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1830290"},"modified":"2026-03-17T03:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:44:28","slug":"400-killed-in-pakistani-strike-on-kabul-hospital-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1830290","title":{"rendered":"400 killed in Pakistani strike on Kabul hospital: Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike that killed at least 400 people at\u00a0a drug treatment hospital in Kabul late Monday.<\/p>\n

Afghan officials said the strike hit the 2,000-bed rehabilitation\u00a0facility at around 9 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), causing extensive damage and leaving hundreds wounded, in a\u00a0major escalation of the weekslong cross-border fighting<\/a>\u00a0between the neighbors.<\/p>\n

The deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government,\u00a0Hamdullah Fitrat, posted on X that the airstrike on the hospital killed at least 400 people, with hundreds more injured.<\/p>\n

“Rescue teams are currently at the scene working to control the fire and recover the remaining bodies of the victims,” Fitrat said.<\/p>\n

Pakistan denies targeting hospital in Kabul<\/h2>\n

Pakistan\u00a0denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its armed forces carried out “precision airstrikes” that aimed at\u00a0“military installations and terrorist support infrastructure”<\/a> in Kabul and eastern Nangarhar province. That is\u00a0according to Attaullah Tarar, the country’s information minister.<\/p>\n

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, also rejected the allegation, saying no hospital had been\u00a0targeted in Kabul.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend too, both sides traded blame.<\/a> Pakistan claimed to have struck a “technical support infrastructure” in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, while Taliban authorities said the attack hit\u00a0a drug treatment facility and a fuel depot belonging to a private airline.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the AFP news agency reported that its journalists at\u00a0the scene counted at least 30 bodies as the wounded were taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan denied hitting hospital in KabulImage: Wakil Kohsar\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pakistan and Afghanistan have repeatedly clashed over last weeks<\/h2>\n

The attack came amid renewed and intensifying hostilities<\/a> between the two neighbors over the past three weeks, which Pakistan has described as an\u00a0“open war.”<\/p>\n

The United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to step up efforts to combat terrorism.<\/p>\n

After months of escalating tensions and intense cross-border clashes, Pakistan declared open war on neighboring Afghanistan<\/a> on February 27, accusing the Taliban of sheltering militant groups that plan attacks inside Pakistan, a claim Pakistan has denied.<\/p>\n

“Our patience has run out,” Pakistan’s defense minister,\u00a0Khawaja Asif, said at the time.<\/p>\n

The Taliban government has denied any involvement<\/a> or support for militant groups from its territory.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike that killed at least 400 people at\u00a0a drug treatment hospital in Kabul late Monday.<\/p>\n

Afghan officials said the strike hit the 2,000-bed rehabilitation\u00a0facility at around 9 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), causing extensive damage and leaving hundreds wounded, in a\u00a0major escalation of the weekslong cross-border fighting<\/a>\u00a0between the neighbors.<\/p>\n

The deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government,\u00a0Hamdullah Fitrat, posted on X that the airstrike on the hospital killed at least 400 people, with hundreds more injured.<\/p>\n

“Rescue teams are currently at the scene working to control the fire and recover the remaining bodies of the victims,” Fitrat said.<\/p>\n

Pakistan denies targeting hospital in Kabul<\/h2>\n

Pakistan\u00a0denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its armed forces carried out “precision airstrikes” that aimed at\u00a0“military installations and terrorist support infrastructure”<\/a> in Kabul and eastern Nangarhar province. That is\u00a0according to Attaullah Tarar, the country’s information minister.<\/p>\n

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, also rejected the allegation, saying no hospital had been\u00a0targeted in Kabul.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend too, both sides traded blame.<\/a> Pakistan claimed to have struck a “technical support infrastructure” in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, while Taliban authorities said the attack hit\u00a0a drug treatment facility and a fuel depot belonging to a private airline.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the AFP news agency reported that its journalists at\u00a0the scene counted at least 30 bodies as the wounded were taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n

\"Authorities
Pakistan denied hitting hospital in KabulImage: Wakil Kohsar\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pakistan and Afghanistan have repeatedly clashed over last weeks<\/h2>\n

The attack came amid renewed and intensifying hostilities<\/a> between the two neighbors over the past three weeks, which Pakistan has described as an\u00a0“open war.”<\/p>\n

The United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to step up efforts to combat terrorism.<\/p>\n

After months of escalating tensions and intense cross-border clashes, Pakistan declared open war on neighboring Afghanistan<\/a> on February 27, accusing the Taliban of sheltering militant groups that plan attacks inside Pakistan, a claim Pakistan has denied.<\/p>\n

“Our patience has run out,” Pakistan’s defense minister,\u00a0Khawaja Asif, said at the time.<\/p>\n

The Taliban government has denied any involvement<\/a> or support for militant groups from its territory.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike that killed at least 400 people at\u00a0a drug treatment hospital in Kabul late Monday.<\/p>\n

Afghan officials said the strike hit the 2,000-bed rehabilitation\u00a0facility at around 9 p.m. local time (1630 GMT), causing extensive damage and leaving hundreds wounded, in a\u00a0major escalation of the weekslong cross-border fighting<\/a>\u00a0between the neighbors.<\/p>\n

The deputy spokesperson for the Taliban government,\u00a0Hamdullah Fitrat, posted on X that the airstrike on the hospital killed at least 400 people, with hundreds more injured.<\/p>\n

“Rescue teams are currently at the scene working to control the fire and recover the remaining bodies of the victims,” Fitrat said.<\/p>\n

Pakistan\u00a0denied targeting civilian infrastructure, saying its armed forces carried out “precision airstrikes” that aimed at\u00a0“military installations and terrorist support infrastructure”<\/a> in Kabul and eastern Nangarhar province. That is\u00a0according to Attaullah Tarar, the country’s information minister.<\/p>\n

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s spokesperson, Mosharraf Zaidi, also rejected the allegation, saying no hospital had been\u00a0targeted in Kabul.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend too, both sides traded blame.<\/a> Pakistan claimed to have struck a “technical support infrastructure” in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar Province, while Taliban authorities said the attack hit\u00a0a drug treatment facility and a fuel depot belonging to a private airline.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the AFP news agency reported that its journalists at\u00a0the scene counted at least 30 bodies as the wounded were taken to hospitals.<\/p>\n

The attack came amid renewed and intensifying hostilities<\/a> between the two neighbors over the past three weeks, which Pakistan has described as an\u00a0“open war.”<\/p>\n

The United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to step up efforts to combat terrorism.<\/p>\n

After months of escalating tensions and intense cross-border clashes, Pakistan declared open war on neighboring Afghanistan<\/a> on February 27, accusing the Taliban of sheltering militant groups that plan attacks inside Pakistan, a claim Pakistan has denied.<\/p>\n

“Our patience has run out,” Pakistan’s defense minister,\u00a0Khawaja Asif, said at the time.<\/p>\n

The Taliban government has denied any involvement<\/a> or support for militant groups from its territory.<\/p>\n

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n

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