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Alleged Pakistan Airstrike at Kabul Hospital Kills 400

Alleged Pakistan Airstrike Kills 400 at Kabul Hospital Kills 400

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Alleged Pakistan Airstrike at Kabul Hospital Kills 400

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Above: Taliban security personnel carry a body at the site of a damaged building in Kabul on March 16, 2026. Image credit: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pakistan's strikes were precise military operations hitting terrorist infrastructure, not hospitals — satellite imagery proves the Omid Hospital stands untouched kilometers from Camp Phoenix. The Afghan Taliban deleted their own posts and used photos from 2023 as "evidence," exposing a deliberate disinformation campaign. Ammunition storage sites don't belong next to rehab centers, and secondary detonations confirm exactly what was hit.

DAWN

Azaad Fact Check on X The Express Tribune

Bombing a drug rehabilitation center and killing hundreds of vulnerable civilians seeking recovery is an inexcusable atrocity that no "counterterrorism" justification can sanitize. Unarmed patients in medical facilities are protected under international humanitarian law, and attacking them is a fundamental violation of human rights. An independent international investigation is the bare minimum the world owes to the victims.

Rahmatullah Nabil on X

International Human Rights Foundation on X Ariana News

Metaculus Prediction

There's a 40% chance that Taliban-controlled Afghanistan will be used as a base for anti-NATO terrorism before 2027, according to the Metaculus prediction community.