AI urges war crimes probe into Pakistan strike on Kabul rehab centre — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): Amnesty International (AI) says it has found no evidence to support the Pakistani military’s claim that Kabul’s Omid drug rehabilitation centre was being used for military purposes and has called for an investigation into the 16 March airstrike as a possible war crime. In a report released on Tuesday, AI said at least 269 civilians were killed and 122 others injured in the Pakistani airstrike on the Omid rehabilitation centre. The strike took place on the night of 16 March 2026 at the rehabilitation centre in the 9th police district of Kabul. The organisation said it had examined more than 60 photographs and videos, as well as over 30 satellite images, and interviewed 11 people, including current and former staff of the Omid centre, staff at Ibn Sina Hospital and relatives of the victims. According to the report, investigators found no evidence to support the Pakistani military’s claim that weapons or ammunition were stored at the facility or that it was being used for military purposes at the time of the attack. Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The attack on the Omid centre was a serious violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to a war crime.” She added that the centre had been publicly known as a drug rehabilitation…