"Will Respond In Their Language": Taliban Vows Retaliation After Pakistan Strikes Kill 400 in Kabul

"Will Respond In Their Language": Taliban Official To NDTV On Pak Strikes

3/17/2026, 5:40:40 AM en source ↗
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A senior Taliban spokesperson, Suhail Shaheen, told NDTV that Pakistani airstrikes killed at least 400 people and injured around 250 others in a strike on a Kabul hospital. The Taliban government has vowed to retaliate, warning it will "respond in their language." The strike marks a severe escalation in cross-border tensions between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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Afghan Taliban government's Suhail Shaheen told NDTV that at least 400 people were killed and about 250 injured in the Pakistani airstrike on a Kabul hospital.

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