{"id":9074,"date":"2026-03-19T07:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/19\/un-guterres-condemns-pakistan-airstrike-kabul-addiction-center\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T07:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T07:08:17","slug":"un-guterres-condemns-pakistan-airstrike-kabul-addiction-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/19\/un-guterres-condemns-pakistan-airstrike-kabul-addiction-center\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Guterres Condemns Airstrike on Kabul Addiction Treatment Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, has strongly condemned the killing and injuring of civilians following a Pakistani airstrike on an addiction treatment center in Kabul. He has called for an independent and impartial investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Farhan Haq, spokesperson for the United Nations, stated at a press conference on Wednesday that the attack, which took place on March 16, reportedly caused civilian casualties. He added that the UN Secretary-General strongly condemns this event.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres emphasized that under international humanitarian law, patients, healthcare personnel, and medical facilities must be protected and respected under all circumstances. Attacking such sites constitutes a serious violation of accepted international principles.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Taliban administration, as the governing body in Kabul, is expected to clarify how the attack occurred and the extent of casualties, as well as facilitate a transparent investigation. International organizations consistently stress accountability and the protection of civilians in any conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary-General condemns Pakistani airstrike on Kabul addiction center, calls for independent investigation and protection of civilians under international law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}