Pakistan Jets ‘Blast Medical Centre to Rubble’ as Border War Explodes
By SCM ONLINE REPORTER
KABUL, Afghanistan -AN AIRSTRIKE launched by Pakistan has reportedly slaughtered 400 people at a medical centre in Kabul, sparking fears of a full-scale war.
The night-time raid hit the Omid Drug Rehabilitation Hospital, a 2,000-bed facility in the Afghan capital, leaving the complex in flames and rescue workers digging through the ruins with their bare hands.
Taliban officials claim the “precision” strike turned the hospital into a “doomsday” scene just after 9:00 PM on Monday, as patients and staff were settling in after breaking their Ramadan fast.
Witnesses described a scene of utter carnage as the sky lit up over Kabul’s Police District 9. Ahmad, 50, a security guard who was the sole survivor of a 25-man staff dormitory, said:
”The whole place caught fire. It was like doomsday. I saw the jets and then the world just exploded.”
Afghan health ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman warned the death toll—currently at 400 with 250 injured—is expected to rise as more bodies are pulled from the smoking debris.
Pakistan Hits Back
Islamabad has denied targeting the hospital, claiming their jets carried out “precision strikes” against “terrorist support infrastructure” and ammunition depots.
A Pakistani government spokesperson labelled the hospital claims “false and misleading,” suggesting that secondary explosions seen in the area proved that military hardware was being hidden in civilian zones.
The Background: A Region on the Brink
This bloodbath is the deadliest escalation in a conflict that has been simmering for weeks. Tensions between the former allies have reached a breaking point due to:
Border Bloodshed: The strike follows weeks of heavy shelling and skirmishes along the Durand Line, the disputed 1,600-mile border between the two nations.
The ‘Open War’: Last month, Pakistan’s Defence Minister declared the country was in an “open war” with the Taliban, accusing them of sheltering militants who carry out terror attacks on Pakistani soil.
Failed Peace: A ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Saudi Arabia collapsed earlier this year, leading to Operation Ghazab lil-Haq—the Pakistani military campaign currently pounding targets inside Afghanistan.
World leaders have called for “immediate restraint,” but with Kabul vowing “heavy retaliation” for the hospital strike, the Middle East faces a terrifying new front in an already volatile region.
