Hundreds of Afghan civilians, many undergoing treatment, slaughtered. The world must confront Pakistan’s state-sponsored terrorism and moral duplicity

Pakistan’s army has once again crossed every conceivable limit of humanity. In a shocking and indefensible act, an airstrike targeted a major drug rehabilitation center in Kabul, transforming what should have been a place of healing and recovery into a scene of devastation and death. According to Afghan authorities, the strike hit the Omid/Ibn Sina rehabilitation hospital—one of the largest facilities of its kind—where thousands of vulnerable individuals were undergoing treatment. More than 400 people were killed and hundreds more injured, many of them defenseless patients battling addiction, not combatants on any battlefield. These were individuals seeking help, seeking a second chance at life, and they were mercilessly wiped out. This cannot be dismissed as a security operation; it is a brutal and deeply disturbing act that raises grave moral, legal, and humanitarian questions about the conduct and intent behind such actions.

What makes this tragedy even more appalling is its timing. This massacre took place during the holy month of Ramadan—a time Muslims across the world regard as sacred—and that too on the night of Shab-e-Qadr, one of the most spiritually significant nights in Islam. On a night meant for prayer, mercy, and forgiveness, hundreds of helpless individuals were slaughtered in cold blood. The sheer scale of this loss, combined with the sanctity of the moment, makes this not just a military strike but a profound moral and ethical failure. It stands in glaring contradiction to the religious narratives Pakistan’s leadership constantly invokes. Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, repeatedly calls the country an “Islamic state,” built on the pattern of Madina and the principles of the Kalima—but what kind of Islamic state kills innocents in Afghanistan? What kind of faith justifies slaughtering helpless civilians while claiming moral and religious authority? Pakistan sells the illusion of being an Islamic state, yet its actions reveal the brutal reality: a state that hides behind religion while systematically murdering innocents.

Decades of state-sponsored terror

This is not an isolated development.........

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