Statement by the International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF)
The International Human Rights Foundation strongly condemns the reported bombardment by Pakistan of a rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan treating drug addicts, an attack that has reportedly killed a large number of vulnerable patients seeking medical care and recovery.
Facilities dedicated to treatment, rehabilitation, and humanitarian care must never become targets in any conflict or security operation. Patients in such institutions are among the most vulnerable members of society — individuals who came seeking help, dignity, and a chance to rebuild their lives.
We are deeply disturbed by reports that many of the victims were unarmed civilians undergoing treatment.
The International Human Rights Foundation calls for:
• An independent international investigation into this incident
• Accountability for those responsible
• Immediate measures to ensure the protection of medical and rehabilitation facilities
Attacks on medical institutions violate the most basic principles of international humanitarian law and human rights norms.
The world must not remain silent when places of healing are turned into sites of tragedy.
International Human Rights Foundation (IHRF)
Source: @soldierspeaks
"According to preliminary statistics, so far more than 250 addicts under treatment have been killed and hundreds of others have been injured."
@TOLOnews journalist Hamid Bahraam tells @SkyYaldaHakim his colleagues saw "bodies everywhere" at the Kabul rehabilitation hospital which was hit by Pakistani airstrikes, according to Taliban officials.
The victims were drug addicts who had been brought for treatment.
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I do not care if Pakistan didn’t intend on bombing a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul. The fact remains- hundreds of innocent Afghanis civillians are dead. What are you doing?!! Pakistan must take responsibility- if not, you're no different from the oppressors.
I am deeply saddened by the latest reports of civilian casualties as a result of Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul. Targeting civilian homes, educational facilities or medical infrastructure, either intentional or by mistake, is a war crime. The sheer disregard for human lives, especially during the holy month of Ramadan, is sickening and deeply concerning. It will only fuel division and hatred. I call upon the UN and other human rights agencies to thoroughly investigate this latest atrocity and hold the perpetrators to account. I stand with my Afghan people in this difficult time. We shall heal, and we will rise as a nation. We always do. Inshallah ! 🇦🇫