According to Afghanistan, __________ launched an air strike on a drug rehab _______.

• A. Pakistan launched an air strike on a drug rehab hospital.
• B. Iran launched an air strike on a drug rehab hospital.
• C. Pakistan launched an air strike on a drug rehab clinic.
• D. Afghanistan launched an air strike on a drug rehab hospital.

Answer: (A)

This question tests how attribution works in reported statements and how the actor and the target fit naturally with the source phrase. When you see “According to Afghanistan,” you’re hearing the claim as stated by Afghanistan. The action described—an air strike—would be carried out by a party other than Afghanistan, and the target described should be a plausible recipient of such an attack.

The best match is Pakistan launching an air strike on a drug rehab hospital. Pakistan fits as the attacker from the perspective of Afghanistan’s report, and “drug rehab hospital” is the natural, common target phrase for this kind of action. The other option that uses the same target phrase would necessarily imply Iran as the attacker, which changes the implied source’s report. The option that names Afghanistan as the attacker would make the report seem self-referential rather than a third-party account, which doesn’t align cleanly with the “According to Afghanistan” framing. The version with a clinic instead of a hospital is a plausible wording difference, but the pairing with Pakistan and hospital matches the given structure most naturally.