On 16 March 2026, Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, Afghanistan, was destroyed amid airstrikes carried out by the Pakistan Air Force during the 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan War. Hospital officials working at the center said that about 3,000 people were treated there and estimated the casualties to be in hundreds, most of them patients. According to Afghan authorities, the attack killed at least 408 people and injured another 265. News reporters, international NGOs and emergency responders also confirmed that more than 100 people had been killed. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that the airstrike had killed at least 269 people and injured at least 122 others and that the actual number of casualties was likely higher.
The Afghan government claimed that the facility was directly targeted by an airstrike carried out by the Pakistan Air Force, a statement supported by UNAMA and the Human Rights Watch, who further declared it a possible war crime. Pakistani officials admitted to carrying out airstrikes in Kabul, but denied targeting the facility, stating that its air force struck military sites nearby. The airstrike was the deadliest strike on civilians in Afghanistan since 2021.
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