Survivors describe Pakistan air strike on Kabul rehab centre during dinner

Air strike hit Kabul rehab centre as patients ate dinner, survivor tells BBC

Mar 17, 2026, 06:45 PM en source ↗

Strike on Afghan Rehabilitation Centre Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions Pakistan Military Strikes on Afghanistan

Summary

A survivor has told the BBC that a Pakistani air strike hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul while patients were eating dinner on Monday night. The exact death toll remains unknown but is feared to reach the hundreds. The strike is the latest escalation in mounting military tensions between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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The exact number killed in Monday night's strike by Pakistan is still not known, but is feared to be in the hundreds.

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