Episode 87 investigates the March 16-17, 2026 Pakistani airstrike on Kabul's Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital, which the Taliban claims killed 400 people.

We forensically reconstruct how Pakistan's Atal al Thar claims precision strikes on military targets, while satellite telemetry and survivor accounts reveal a grim reality where civilian infrastructure may mask military assets.

As NPR's Afrasia Bhkatak notes, "the common civilian population is at the receiving end," highlighting the tragic calculus of this conflict.

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Sources for this episode are available at: https://nbn.fm/war-desk/episode/ep87

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