Pakistan denies targeting the civilian facility, a former NATO and U.S. military base, saying it “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure.”
Amnesty International says the site’s use as a drug rehabilitation center has been well documented since 2016 and that “any reasonable assessment and information gathering would have concluded that the camp had a high civilian presence.” Vantor satellite imagery of the site from three days before the strike shows groups of people gathered in the treatment center’s courtyard.
Satellite imagery of the aftermath of the Pakistani airstrike on a rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.Satellite image © 2026 VantorPakistan blames Afghanistan for a surge in militant attacks since the U.S. withdrew in 2021, though the Taliban deny that militants are using Afghanistan as a base.
Years of diplomatic efforts to address the issue have failed, said Ali Sarwar Naqvi, a former Pakistani diplomat and executive director of the Center
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