Oil or fuel facility

Kam Air fuel depot, Kandahar airport — airstrike

13 March 2026

Kandahar, Afghanistan

What happened

Pakistani air strikes hit the fuel depot of private Afghan airline Kam Air near Kandahar airport, according to the Taliban administration, heavily damaging facilities supplying jet fuel to civilian carriers, humanitarian flights and UN aircraft and igniting large fires. The same night's strikes also reportedly hit residential areas in Kabul, killing four people and wounding more than a dozen. Pakistan's own confirmation of the strike was not cited in the reporting reviewed.

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Evidence
Reported / attributed
Confidence
Moderate
Infrastructure
Oil or fuel facility
Latitude
31.5100°
Longitude
65.8500°

Attribution

Attributed to Pakistan

Sources

  1. Pakistan bombs fuel depot of private airline near Kandahar airport, Afghan Taliban sayReuters · Incident reporting