China Calls for Restraint After Pakistani Strikes in Kabul

A Taliban security personnel inspects the site after Pakistani airstrikes hit the Secondary Rehabilitation Services Centre in Kabul on March 17, 2026. Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP

China called for “calm and restraint” between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, after an air strike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul killed at least 400 people.

Afghanistan accused Pakistan on Tuesday of hitting a treatment centre for drug addicts in its capital, though Islamabad denied deliberately targeting civilians.

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