Afghanistan | Facilities Receive 9 Injured Following Attacks and Border Clashes with Pakistan

Nine people have been received at EMERGENCY's facilities across Afghanistan following attacks in the country last night and clashes on the border with Pakistan. More are expected to arrive in the coming hours.

"As of 3pm local time on 27 February, we had received nine wounded people in our facilities," explains Dejan Panic, EMERGENCY's Country Director in Afghanistan. "During the night, three patients arrived at our Kabul hospital from the Pul-e-Charkhi area, and six at our First Aid Post in Gardez (Paktia province). These casualty numbers remain provisional."

Three EMERGENCY ambulances are transporting patients. Of the six who had arrived to the Gardez clinic, four have already been transferred to EMERGENCY's Kabul Surgical Centre, while another two are en route.

"This new escalation of violence risks plunging the country back into the nightmare of war," continues Panic. "Yet another conflict would bring the population to its knees. We call for an immediate end to hostilities, the protection of civilians and dialogue for the diplomatic resolution of a conflict that risks involving the entire region with unpredictable consequences."

In 2026, nearly 22 million Afghans will be in need of humanitarian aid, driven by food insecurity, economic fragility and compounding shocks to the health system (UNOCHA).

EMERGENCY has been present in Afghanistan since 1999 with Surgical Centres in Kabul and Lashkar-Gah; a Surgical-Paediatric Centre and a Maternity Centre in Anabah, Panjshir Valley; and a network of more than 30 First Aid Posts and Primary Healthcare Centres, connected by a 24/7 ambulance service.