{"id":2580576,"date":"2026-03-16T22:05:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghanistan-claims-over-400-killed-in-pakistani-rehab-bombing\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:07:51","slug":"afghanistan-claims-over-400-killed-in-pakistani-rehab-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghanistan-claims-over-400-killed-in-pakistani-rehab-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan claims over 400 killed in Pakistani rehab bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghanistan-claims-over-400-killed-in-pakistani-rehab-bombing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580576&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Afghanistan\u2019s government alleges that Pakistan conducted an airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, destroying large parts of the 2,000-bed facility and causing hundreds of casualties. afghan deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat said the death toll had reached about 400 with around 250 people injured,and described rescue teams still working to recover victims. Pakistan denies targeting hospitals and says its strikes were aimed at Taliban infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The claim comes <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >amid ongoing cross-border hostilities<\/a>, with hours of fighting reported at the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier as the war between the two continues into its third week. <\/p>\n<p>Casualty tallies and fault lines remain disputed. Pakistan\u2019s Data Minister Attaullah Tarar asserted Taliban deaths at 684, while Afghanistan\u2019s Defense Ministry put Pakistani deaths at around 100. Both sides accused the other of inflating the numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Reaction to the incident featured sharp rhetoric on social media and from officials. afghan government spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid likened Pakistan\u2019s actions to Israeli tactics targeting civilians; Pakistan\u2019s Mosharraf Zaidi rejected such characterizations and defended the strike as precise and aimed at Taliban targets. Taliban spokespeople amplified the confrontation, with one chief spokesman linking the attack to Trump and Israel and calling Pakistan\u2019s army a \u201csecond Israeli state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Note: The article also references related political reporting, including Rubio designating Afghanistan as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, as part of broader foreign-policy coverage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Afghanistan claims over 400 civilians killed in Pakistani bombing of drug rehab center<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2443152\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"337\">Afghanistan<\/a> said over 400 civilians were killed in an alleged <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pakistan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1533\">Pakistani<\/a> airstrike on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bay-area-homeowners-and-landlords-asked-to-take-in-homeless-people\/\" title=\"Bay Area Homeowners and Landlords Asked to Take in Homeless People\">drug rehabilitation center<\/a> in Kabul on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FitratHamd\/status\/2033674000547581953?s=20\">post on X<\/a>, Afghan deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat announced the attack and death toll after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korea-seeks-answers-following-halloween-crush-that-killed-153\/\" title=\"South Korea Seeks Answers Following Halloween Crush That Killed 153\">social media footage showed<\/a> the smoldering ruin of the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital. Pakistan has vehemently denied targeting the hospital. The reported attack came hours after another exchange of fire across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border as the war between the two continues into its third week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4493343\/leaked-audio-iran-mojtaba-khamenei-survived-strike-outside\/\">Leaked audio reveals new Iranian supreme leader survived strike because he went outside<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4493274\/cuba-islandwide-blackout-energy-crisis-oil-blockade\/\">Cuban officials report islandwide blackout amid US oil blockade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4492744\/cuba-opens-private-sector-investment-nationals-in-us\/\">Cuba opens private-sector investment to nationals in US<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The Pakistani military regime carried out an airstrike at approximately 9:00 PM this evening on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a 2,000-bed facility dedicated to the treatment of drug addiction. As a result of the attack, large sections of the hospital have been destroyed, and there are serious concerns about a high number of casualties,&rdquo; he said, adding that the death toll had risen to 400 with another 250 injured.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Rescue teams are currently at the scene working to control the fire and recover the remaining bodies of the victims,&rdquo; Fitrat added.<\/p>\n<p>Afghan government spokesman Zabiullah&nbsp;Mujahid sought to cultivate further sympathies by drawing parallels with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Pakistani military regime employs Israeli tactics in its aggressions and assaults against Afghans, targeting hospitals and civilian sites to perpetrate horrors,&rdquo; he said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Zabehulah_M33\/status\/2033635285544931491?s=20\">a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad pushed back against the claims, claiming all its airstrikes targeted the terrorist infrastructure of the Taliban. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-to-host-netanyahu-at-mar-a-lago-when-israeli-leader-comes-to-us-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... to host Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago when Israeli leader comes to US - Washington Examiner\">prime minister&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s spokesman, Mosharraf Zaidi, reposted a message from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting&rsquo;s fact checker <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mosharrafzaidi\/status\/2033630441237057834?s=20\">calling the Taliban&rsquo;s messages<\/a> &ldquo;propaganda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pakistan precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure including technical equipment storage and ammunition storage of Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij in Kabul and Nangarhar that were being used against innocent Pakistani civilians. Post strike detonation of stored ammunition being used by Master Terror Proxy also fully contradicts the fake claim,&rdquo; it read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Pakistan&rsquo;s targeting is precise and carefully undertaken to ensure no collateral damage is inflicted. This misreporting of facts as drug rehabilitation facility seeks to stir sentiments, covering illegitimate support to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-launches-missiles-drones-into-pakistan\/\" title=\"Iran fires missiles, drones at Pakistan\">cross-border terrorism<\/a>,&rdquo; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Zaidi then captioned the statement with his own take on events.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The addiction? The Afghan Taliban&rsquo;s constant lies. The cure? Pakistan&rsquo;s counter terrorism operations. The timeline? InshaAllah, as long as it takes for the elimination of terrorists and their infrastructure,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Saif Khyber, spokesman for the Taliban&rsquo;s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Afghanistan, went several steps further than his compatriots, connecting the attack to both President Donald Trump and Israel despite the noninvolvement of both in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Pakistani army, which Trump has allegedly hired to act with hostility toward humanity like a second Israeli state, carried out an attack tonight on a hospital for addicts, killing and wounding 400 innocent patients,&rdquo; he said <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SAiFKHAiBAR1718\/status\/2033629884245852439?s=20\">in one post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In another post, he described the attack as coming from the &ldquo;Pakistani renegade army,&rdquo; vowing that &ldquo;These sons of Trump will certainly be held accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SAiFKHAiBAR1718\/status\/2033632253209940168?s=20\">follow-up post<\/a> claimed the attack was from &ldquo;Trump-hired Pakistani militias&rdquo; and derisively referred to it as a &ldquo;Jewish army.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Though overshadowed by the larger war in neighboring Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan entered a state of &ldquo;open war&rdquo; the same week. The war began after several rounds of airstrikes and cross-border skirmishes, stemming from Pakistani claims that the Afghan government was harboring terrorists who used the country as a base to launch attacks against Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4486115\/rubio-afghanistan-state-sponsor-of-wrongful-detention\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4486115\">RUBIO DESIGNATES AFGHANISTAN STATE SPONSOR OF WRONGFUL DETENTION OVER US DETAINMENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The war has been almost as one-sided as the war in Iran, with the more technologically advanced Pakistani army inflicting several times more casualties against the struggling Taliban.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has put the Taliban death count at 684, while Afghanistan&rsquo;s Defense Ministry put the Pakistani death count at 100. Both sides accused the other of inflating the opponent&rsquo;s casualty numbers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan: 400+ civilians killed at Kabul rehab<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2580577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26062529847719.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[7228,8101,16182],"class_list":["post-2580576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-afghanistan","tag-bombing","tag-pakistan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26062529847719.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580580,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580576\/revisions\/2580580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}