Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar on Tuesday said the Afghan Taliban regime is peddling yet another falsehood by alleging that Pakistan targeted a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul.
“This claim is entirely baseless,” said the minister in a news statement.
“Pakistan, in its ongoing war against terrorism, is engaging only those military and terrorist targets, along with the infrastructure of the Afghan Taliban regime, that are being directly or indirectly used to plan, facilitate, shelter, train, or abet terrorist attacks inside Pakistan,” Atta Tarar emphasised.
He said the strikes carried out on the night of 16 March 2026 in Kabul and Nangarhar were precise, deliberate, and professional.
“No hospital, no drug rehabilitation centre, and no civilian facility was targeted,” he added.
Tarar said the targets were military and terrorist infrastructure, including ammunition and technical equipment storage sites and other installations linked to hostile activity against Pakistan.
As with established practice, all six strikes were promptly put out with video footage by MoIB, making the nature of the targets plain for all to see, he noted.
“The visuals leave no room for doubt,” he said, adding the flames and secondary detonations witnessed in Kabul further confirm that the intended ammunition storage site was hit with precision.
“The current propaganda is coming from a regime whose officials have repeatedly relied on false narratives, doctored claims, selective deletions of earlier posts, and the circulation of old visuals to mislead audiences and cover up the truth,” he added.
He remarked that their latest allegation is part of the same worn-out pattern of deceit.
“The real issue remains unchanged: Pakistan, the region, and the wider world continue to face the grave threat of terrorism emanating from territory under the control of the Afghan Taliban regime,” he said, adding “that threat has become even more barbaric, with drug addicts and innocent children being exploited for heinous purposes, including suicide bombings.”
“Pakistan’s position is clear,” he said vowing “every necessary measure” to defend Pakistani citizens, degrade terrorist capability, and deny safe haven to those who wage terror against Pakistan from across the border.
Separately, security sources said that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fell on a house in Chaklala area of Rawalpindi early Tuesday morning.
They said that no loss of life was reported in the incident. However, they said that the house had sustained some damage.
Last week, four people were injured after a “few rudimentary” drones launched by the Afghan Taliban were intercepted in various cities of Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The development came amid Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, which was launched on the night of February 26, following unprovoked firing by the Afghan Taliban from across the border.
Meanwhile, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Political and Public Affairs Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said that eliminating terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan is essential for ensuring lasting peace in the region.
Speaking to a private television channel, he stated that Afghan soil has been used for carrying out terrorist activities in Pakistan. He added that Pakistan had shared evidence with Afghan authorities, but effective measures had not been taken to dismantle terrorist training camps and safe havens.
Rana Sanaullah emphasized that Pakistan would continue its operations until terrorism is completely eradicated from the region.