- Title: Afghan hospital overflowing with bodies after strikes on Kabul rehab center
- Date: 17th March 2026
- Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (MARCH 17, 2026) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HOSPITAL STAFF INSPECTING BODY BAGS AT MORGUE BODY BAGS HOSPITAL STAFF NEAR BODY BAGS (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto), HEAD OF FORENSICS MEDICINE DEPARTMENT, NAJIBULLAH FAROOQI, SAYING: "When the hospital for addicts was attacked by Pakistan’s military regime, we were informed and I instructed our team to be prepared. At around
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- Keywords: AFGHANISTAN AIR STRIKE HOSPITAL MORGUE PAKISTAN
- Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
- Country: Afghanistan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001485117032026RP1
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An Afghan hospital was overflowing with bodies on Tuesday (March 17) after strikes on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul.
More than 400 people were killed and 265 wounded in an airstrike by Pakistan on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, a spokesman of the Afghan Taliban government said on Tuesday, a sharp escalation in the conflict between the neighbours.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman for the Taliban, said in a post on X the airstrike took place at 9 p.m. (1630 GMT) on Monday and targeted the state-run Omid Hospital, which he said was a 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation center.
Pakistan rejected the statement as false and misleading and said it had "precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure" on Monday night (March 16).
The conflict that began last month is the worst between the neighbours, who share a 2,600-km (1,600-mile) border.
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