ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday dismissed the Afghan Taliban regime’s claim that it targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, calling the claim entirely baseless.
"The strikes carried out on the night of 16 March 2026 in Kabul and Nangarhar were precise, deliberate, and professional; no hospital, no drug rehabilitation center, and no civilian facility was targeted," Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarrar posted on his X account.
He said the targets were military and terrorist infrastructure, including ammunition and technical equipment storage sites and other installations linked to hostile activity against Pakistan.
The development comes amid the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, which was launched on the night of Feb. 26, following unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban regime from across the border.
Tarrar said that Pakistan is only engaging those military and terrorist targets, along with the infrastructure, that are "directly or indirectly used to plan, facilitate, shelter, train, or abet terrorist attacks inside Pakistan."
He said that all six strikes were promptly put out with video footage by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, making the nature of the targets plain for all to see.
“The visuals leave no room for doubt. The flames and secondary detonations witnessed in Kabul further confirm that the intended ammunition storage site was hit with precision,” it added.
The official X account of Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting’s fact-checking service said, "Omid Hospital being claimed to be hit by Afghan Taliban regime in the tweet is actually multiple kilometers away from Camp Phoenix, the military terrorist ammunition and equipment storage site [was] precisely targeted last night.”
Tarar said the current propaganda is coming from a regime whose officials have repeatedly relied on "false narratives, doctored claims, selective deletions of earlier posts," and on the use of old visuals to mislead audiences and cover up the truth.
“The real issue remains unchanged: Pakistan, the region, and the wider world continue to face the grave threat of terrorism emanating from territory under the control of the Afghan Taliban regime."
The minister said that Pakistan will continue to take "every necessary measure to defend our citizens, degrade terrorist capability, and deny safe haven to those who wage terror against Pakistan from across the border."
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