Nearly ten days after the Pakistani military carried out an airstrike on Kabul’s 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital, the specifications of the attack are still being investigated by international media and organizations.
On Wednesday, BBC Pashto correspondent Yama Bariz visited the site and closely examined the areas surrounding the hospital.
Eyewitnesses reported that shortly after evening prayers, Pakistani fighter jets flying at low altitude dropped two heavy bombs on the hospital’s main hall and another section.
The blasts caused extensive destruction, severely damaging and burning vital hospital facilities, including the cafeteria, supply storage, mosque, patient wards, and other critical facilities.
The hospital’s director, Hafiz Muzamil, noted that a private company named Upscoter is located to the west, tanker manufacturing firms to the north, and residential homes to the east. He stressed that no military installations exist within several hundred meters of the hospital.
Dr. Nazarmohammad, a physician with more than a decade of experience at the hospital, also denied the presence of any military installations, stating that none have existed either before or after the Islamic Emirate regained control of the area.
Yama Bariz concluded that the attack left the hospital in complete ruins, noting the vast scale of casualties among hundreds of people.
It is important to note that Pakistani military aircraft struck the “Omid” 2,000-bed drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul during the final nights of Ramadan, leaving over 650 people martyred or injured.
The Pakistani military justified the strike by claiming it targeted military sites and a drone-manufacturing facility. However, the United Nations and several international organizations have rejected these claims and called for the perpetrators to be held accountable.