A rehabilitation centre in Kabul has been levelled by a Pakistani military strike, sources on the ground confirm. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, has left at least 12 dead and scores wounded, according to hospital records reviewed by my team. The centre, run by a local NGO, was housing recovering drug addicts and displaced families. No military assets were present, multiple independent witnesses insist.
Pakistani officials have not commented, but Western intelligence sources indicate the strike was meant for a 'militant hideout' in the area. The coordinates provided to them show a different building. This is not a mistake. It is a pattern. In the last six months, three similar strikes have hit civilian infrastructure in Kabul, each time with 'alternative targeting' explanations. The money trail leads to defence contractors who profit from 'collateral damage' assessments.
Cables from the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, obtained by this reporter, show repeated warnings to international bodies about the risk to such facilities. Those warnings were ignored. The rehab centre's director, Dr. Amina Wardak, told me: 'They knew we were here. We registered with the UN. But no one cares about addicts.'
The attack has drawn condemnation from the Red Cross, but no Western government has issued a formal statement. This silence speaks volumes. The Pakistani military receives billions in US aid. That aid comes with conditions on civilian casualties. Conditions that are clearly not enforced. Meanwhile, the bodies are being pulled from rubble that was once someone's second chance.
Follow the money. The contractors who supplied the munitions? American. The intelligence that 'misdirected' the strike? Shared by a private security firm with ties to a former general. The call for an investigation? Met with bureaucratic delays. I have a copy of the internal memo from the State Department: 'We note the incident and await local investigation.' That word 'local' is a death sentence for accountability.
This is not war. This is waste management. And the casualties are just numbers on a spreadsheet. But each number has a name. I have 12 names. Soon, I will have their stories. And those stories will lead to the suits who signed off on this. They always do.
