What happens when a place meant for recovery becomes a battlefield? In Kabul, the answer has been devastating.
More than 100 people were killed in an air strike that hit a drug rehabilitation centre in the Afghan capital.
According to sources at the city’s forensic department.
Officials from the Taliban government say the toll could be far higher, with some estimates reaching hundreds of casualties.
The strike reduced the facility to rubble on Monday evening.
Witnesses reported hearing powerful explosions around 20:50 local time, followed by the sound of aircraft overhead.
By nightfall, rescuers were pulling bodies from the debris—some so badly burned they were difficult to identify.
Pakistan, however, strongly denies hitting any medical facility.
Officials insist the operation targeted “military installations and terrorist support infrastructure.”
It was part of ongoing strikes against militants linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
Rehab Centre Strike
The centre itself had once been a US military base before being converted into a rehabilitation facility after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
According to staff, around 2,000 people were receiving treatment there.
The tragedy comes amid rising cross-border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, with both sides trading blame for militant activity.
Now, families wait outside the ruins searching for answers.
And the bigger question lingers: in a region already scarred by decades of conflict.
How many more tragedies will it take before the guns fall silent?
