India delivers 2.5 tons of medicines and medical supplies to Kabul, supporting treatment for victims of the March 16 attack. The consignment aimed to support medical treatment and the swift recovery of those injured in the 16th March attack. This initiative underscored India’s solidarity with the Afghan people.
According to reports, at least 400 people were killed and 250 injured in an airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul, marking a sharp escalation in tensions in the region.
In a statement, India said, “India unequivocally condemns Pakistan’s barbaric airstrike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in Kabul on the night of March 16. This is a cowardly and unconscionable act of violence that has claimed the lives of a large number of civilians in a facility which can by no means be justified as a military target.”
To support the medical treatment and swift recovery of those injured in the heinous attack on 16 March, India delivers a 2.5-ton consignment of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits and equipment to Kabul.
India stands in solidarity with the Afghan people and will… pic.twitter.com/9dDu589tiY
— Randhir Jaiswal (@MEAIndia) March 20, 2026
The statement added that the attack was “a blatant assault on Afghanistan’s sovereignty and a direct threat to regional peace and stability,” and accused Pakistan of attempting to portray “a massacre as a military operation.”
It further said that the timing of the strike during the holy month of Ramzan made it “all the more reprehensible,” stressing that “there is no faith, no law, and no morality that can justify the deliberate targeting of a hospital and its patients.”
Meanwhile, India has reiterated that the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan will remain in abeyance until Islamabad ends its support to terrorism.
Speaking at a United Nations (UN) event to mark World Water Day, India’s Permanent Representative to UN P. Harish said Pakistan must uphold the sanctity of human life before raising treaty concerns, calling it a global epicentre of terror.
