Pakistan Strikes Afghan Hospital, Over 400 Feared Killed

Afghanistan accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation facility in the country's capital late on Monday, killing at least 400 people. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan. There has been no response to international appeals for a ceasefire. Pakistan denied that it hade attacked a hospital, claiming that no civilian locations were impacted by its strikes, which were also carried out in eastern Afghanistan.

Updated on: 17 March 2026 5:58 pm

Published at: 17 March 2026 5:57 pm

Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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A survivor is treated in an ambulance at the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Taliban rescue workers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Firefighters work at the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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A medical worker reaches toward a body entangled in the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital after it was hit by a late-Monday airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Residents and volunteers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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A man sits beside the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Two women watch as rescue workers and officials inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Pakistan Airstrike At A Drug Rehabilitation Hospital In Kabul

Taliban rescue team member Allah Mohammad Farooq inspects the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Ambulances and medical vehicles are parked at the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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A rescue worker inspects the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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A damaged room is seen at the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai

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Residents and volunteers inspect the site of a late-Monday airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai