Pakistan DG ISPR's shocking remarks on Afghan hospital massacre: ‘Drug addicts or suicide bombers’

The ISPR chief dismissed the Afghan government’s claims of civilian casualties in recent Pakistani strikes

Pakistan’s director general of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR), Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, alleged that the Afghan Taliban government is providing shelter to militants within state infrastructure, adding that Pakistan is facing a war against terrorism imposed upon it.

"The Afghan Taliban regime has hidden terrorists in government buildings," he was quoted as saying by Pakistan’s Geo News.

He also added that it was unclear whether their recent strikes targeted drug addicts and suicide bombers.

The statement came after Pakistan conducted overnight “precision airstrikes” on alleged terrorist sites in Afghanistan, while Kabul accused it of striking a rehabilitation hospital and killing at least 400 people.

“We don’t know if the Afghans killed were drug addicts, terrorists or suicide bombers,” he said, adding they use these addicts for terrorism.

"We don't know if you had drug addicts or soo-cide bombers inside your hospital." - after massacring 400 Afghans in hospital, Pakistan mocks the deadpic.twitter.com/CzxcRsAF16

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The strikes were part of Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched on February 26, according to Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The operation was initiated in response to alleged attacks by Afghan Taliban forces along the 2,600-km border.

"Pakistan's Armed Forces successfully carried out precision airstrikes on the night of 16 March as a part of Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, targeting Afghan Taliban regime terrorism sponsoring military installations in Kabul and Nangarhar," information minister Attaullah Tarar said in a post on X.

The ISPR chief dismissed the Afghan government’s claims of civilian casualties in recent Pakistani strikes, stating that the Kabul attack targeted an ammunition depot and a drone facility. He added that the strikes were carried out based on verified intelligence.

"Our intelligence was accurate; we targeted an ammunition site in Kabul,” the ISPR DG said, adding that the site contained “missiles and drones.”

“When the ammunition exploded, flames continued burning for a long time, which were seen by people in Kabul,” he said.

Separately, he also mentioned that Indian drones were used by the Afghan regime against Pakistan recently.