Pakistan on Tuesday categorically rejected claims by the Afghan Taliban that one of its recent airstrikes struck a hospital in Kabul, calling the allegation “false and misleading” and asserting that its forces had only targeted militant infrastructure used by the Taliban and allied groups.
The Afghan interim government had accused Pakistan of carrying out an airstrike on Omid Hospital, a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, alleging that about 400 people were killed and approximately 250 were injured when the facility was hit late on Monday night. Taliban officials described the attack as a “crime against humanity” and shared footage of fires and smoke rising from the site.
However, Pakistan’s Ministry of Information said Tuesday that the claim was “baseless”, insisting the intended target was Camp Phoenix, a former military base several kilometres from the hospital, which is allegedly being used to store ammunition and other equipment for militant operations. The ministry released satellite imagery to distinguish the multi‑storied hospital from the military infrastructure hit, and questioned why a civilian drug treatment centre would be co‑located with an ammunition storage site.
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◼️ Omid Hospital being claimed to be hit by Afghan Taliban regime in the tweet is actually multiple kilometres away from Camp Phoenix, the military terrorist ammunition and equipment storage site precisely targeted last… pic.twitter.com/60hu3m2JZf
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar echoed the ministry’s position, stating that the strikes carried out overnight in Kabul and Nangarhar were “precise, deliberate and professional”, and that no hospital or civilian facility was targeted. He said the video footage released by Pakistani authorities of the six strikes showed secondary detonations consistent with ammunition depots being hit.
“The targets were military and terrorist infrastructure, including ammunition and technical equipment storage sites linked to hostile activity against Pakistan,” Tarar said, accusing the Afghan Taliban regime of peddling disinformation and questioning why an earlier Taliban post referencing a drug rehabilitation centre had been deleted after fact‑checking.
Social media users are debating the visuals of the explosions, with many saying they clearly resemble an ammunition storage site rather than a hospital.
That’s 100% ammunition! Just look at those glowing orbs pic.twitter.com/z4kDMw1S4V
— Momin Sheikh (@MominISheikh) March 17, 2026