Overview
- The Taliban interim government says a Pakistan strike on March 16 hit a 2,000‑bed drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, reporting at least 400 dead and 250 injured.
- Officials in Kabul say much of the facility collapsed and that patients were among the victims.
- Pakistan’s information minister says forces targeted a military facility and terror-support infrastructure and argues post-strike blasts indicate stored ammunition.
- Photos and local media showed explosions, smoke, firefighting, and rescue efforts at the site, though independent verification of the target and toll remains limited.
- The incident follows intensified Pakistan–Taliban clashes since a February 26 border confrontation, with the UN previously reporting more than 70 civilian deaths in Afghanistan.