Atmar calls for Hague court investigation into Pakistan's "war crimes" in Afghanistan

Ahmad Shaker Wed May 2026 4 months ago 623

Mr. Atmar, in a statement on Tuesday, described the airstrike on the "Umid" drug rehabilitation center in Kabul as one of the "most unprecedented and barbaric war crimes" in contemporary Afghan history, and urged the Hague court, particularly Karim Khan, the court's prosecutor, to examine this incident urgently.


He also called on the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the UN Human Rights Council to take action regarding these attacks, warning that silence in the face of such an event would amount to injustice against the victims and the people of Afghanistan.


The attack took place on the evening of March 15 and was carried out by Pakistani fighter jets as part of Operation "Wrath of the Truth." The Umid drug rehabilitation center, which had been operational since 2016, was one of the largest addiction treatment facilities in Afghanistan and had the capacity to accommodate around two thousand patients.


The United Nations has confirmed the deaths of 269 civilians and injuries to 122 others in the attack; however, the Taliban have reported the number of victims as exceeding 400. While human rights organizations have described the attack as "likely a war crime," Pakistan claims that the operation targeted centers and infrastructure linked to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.

Hanif Atmar, Afghanistan's former Foreign Minister, has called on the International Criminal Court and human rights organizations to conduct immediate and independent investigations into what he has described as the "war crime of the Pakistani army" in Afghanistan.

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