KABUL: Afghan journalist and political analyst Ahmad Sharifzad strongly rejected the Taliban’s claim that Pakistan targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital in recent airstrikes, stating that the actual target was a military facility.
He said on X (formerly Twitter) that an eyewitness in Kabul reported: “Pakistani jets bombed Taliban Ministry of Defence Air Force installations and the Procurement Directorate (former U.S. Camp Phoenix). We saw it with our own eyes. The rehabilitation camp for addicts was set on fire by the Taliban themselves.”
He also shared a purported audio message with his post as supporting evidence.
An eyewitness from Kabul:
Pakistani jets bombed the Air Force of the Taliban’s MoD and the Procurement Directorate of the Tainan’s MoD (former U.S. Phoenix Camp). We saw it with our own eyes.
The addicts rehabilitation camp was set on fire by the Taliban themselves. pic.twitter.com/SvBJoECjDE— Ahmad Sharifzad (@AhmadSharifzad) March 17, 2026
In the viral clip, it can allegedly be heard that the Taliban set the fire themselves in an attempt to discredit Pakistan.
