Rashid Khan blasts Pakistan after airstrike in Kabul kills 400, calls it war crime: 'Sheer disregard for human lives ...'

Rashid Khan

Afghanistan cricket star Rashid Khan hit out at Pakistan after airstrikes by its military claimed at least 400 lives in Kabul. Condemning the Pakistani strikes on a rehab hospital in Kabul, he said that targeting civilian homes, educational facilities or medical infrastructure is a war crime.

"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," he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

According to a Taliban spokesperson, at least 400 people have been killed and 250 injured in the Pakistani airstrike. Afghanistan's deputy government spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said the airstrike hit a drug rehabilitation hospital around 9pm (local time), causing extensive damage to the 2,000-bed facility. Pakistan has, however, rejected the claims and asserted that no hospital in Kabul was targeted in the strike.

Rashid Khan feels the recent airstrikes will only fuel division and hatred. "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," he added.

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,… pic.twitter.com/DbFRRh2qAJ

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The former Afghanistan skipper also called upon the United Nations to thoroughly probe the latest atrocity.

"I call upon the UN and other human rights agencies to thoroughly investigate this latest atrocity and hold the perpetrators to account," he wrote.

"I stand with my Afghan people in this difficult time. We shall heal, and we will rise as a nation. We always do. Inshallah !," Rashid added.

Afghanistan veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi also reacted to the airstrikes and mourned the lives lost in the incident. "Tonight in Kabul, hope was extinguished at a hospital. Young men seeking treatment were murdered in a bombing by the Pakistani military regime. Mothers waited at the gates, calling their sons' names. On the 28th night of Ramadan, their lives were cut short," he wrote.

Strike on Kabul

The latest assault, which the Taliban says left 400 people dead, is being reportedly the 'deadliest' in Afghanistan since the suicide bombing at Kabul airport during the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. The airstrike came just hours after Afghan officials reported an exchange of fire along the border, which left four people dead in Afghanistan.

The conflict between the two South Asian neighbours flared up again last month after Afghanistan carried out cross-border strikes in retaliation for Pakistani air raids that Kabul said had killed civilians. The renewed fighting also shattered a ceasefire brokered by Qatar in October, following earlier clashes that left dozens of soldiers, civilians and suspected militants dead.