Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of killing civilians in fresh Kabul strikes

2026.03.16 20:50 Smoke and flames rise from an area hit by air strikes in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday. Photo: AFP The Afghan government on Monday accused Pakistan of killing civilians in fresh air strikes on Kabul, but Islamabad said it had conducted precision strikes on military and “terrorist” targets. Loud explosions rocked the Afghan capital at 9pm local time, with plumes of smoke visible from the Shahr-e-Naw and Wazir Akbar Khan areas of the city. Anti-aircraft defences swung into action and panicked locals, many of them out and about after breaking their daily Ramadan fast, ran for cover, Agence France-Presse reporters said. In one building, a panicked mother ran outside, calling for her son to come back in as the explosion rocked the neighbourhood. Other locals scurried to take cover in basements. Agence France-Presse reporters saw dead and wounded in the rubble of a building at a drug treatment centre in Kabul that the Afghan government said was destroyed by a Pakistani air strike. Medical teams worked to help the injured, while other rescuers carried lifeless bodies outside as a fire burned nearby. A source from an NGO involved in the rescue operation said the wounded were being taken to hospital for treatment. Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on X that the Pakistani military had “once again violated Afghan territory”, calling the strikes “a crime” and an “act of inhumanity”. The Pakistani military has struck Kabul several times in recent weeks, as part of a conflict sparked by claims that the Taliban government has harboured extremists who have carried out attacks across the border. But Mujahid said the latest strikes hit a drug treatment centre, killing a number of civilians. The sound of anti-aircraft guns in Kabul stopped at about 10pm and sirens could be heard. Mujahid did not give a death toll and an Agence France-Presse team at the centre in question saw a large police contingent and dozens of ambulances. Pakistan dismissed the

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