Satellite images reveal the devastation caused by Pakistan's airstrike on Kabul's Omid Hospital Satellite imagery shared by Vantor with India Today TV highlights the extensive damage inflicted by Pakistan's cross-border attacks on Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The strikes, conducted on February 20 and 21, resulted in at least 400 fatalities and over 250 injuries. Islamabad asserted the strikes were aimed at terrorist camps in response to recent attacks within Pakistan. However, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan reported a significantly lower death toll of 143. The satellite images, captured on March 20, depict the aftermath of the strikes at Kabul’s Omid Hospital, a 2,000-bed facility. What was once a structured complex of buildings, including a large roofed structure and smaller surrounding facilities, now lies in ruins. The layout suggests a civilian rehabilitation center rather than a military installation. The hospital, located at the former Camp Phoenix—a NATO base previously operated by the US Army—was repurposed after the 2021 Taliban takeover as Afghanistan’s largest drug rehabilitation center. Situated less than three miles from Kabul’s international airport, the facility is managed by the Interior Ministry, which also oversees the country’s counternarcotics department, according to Reuters. Pakistan claimed responsibility for the strike, insisting it targeted a “military terrorist ammunition and equipment storage site.” The conflict, which intensified in February after Pakistan launched a dozen airstrikes on militant targets in Afghanistan, represents the most severe confrontation between the two nations in years. The shared 2,600-km border has seen heightened tensions, though the conflict has garnered less international attention amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran.#pakistan #india #afghanistan #nangarhar_province #omid_hospital
