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Federal Information Minister Ataullah Tarar on Sunday said Pakistan’s armed forces had killed 684 Afghan Taliban operatives and militants and injured more than 912 during strikes carried out under Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.
Providing an update on X, Tarar said the losses inflicted on Fitna al-Khawarij and the Afghan Taliban included the destruction of 252 posts, while 44 posts were captured and destroyed.
He said 229 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery guns were also destroyed during the operation.
According to the minister, Pakistan's forces effectively targeted 73 terrorists and terrorist support infrastructure locations across Afghanistan through air strikes.
Tarar said that on the night of March 14 and 15, Pakistan Armed Forces targeted military installations, including terrorist hideouts of the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij.
He added that during the attacks, Pakistan's forces destroyed a technical support infrastructure and an equipment storage facility in Kandahar that was being used by the Afghan Taliban and terrorists against Pakistani civilians.
The minister said a tunnel housing technical equipment belonging to the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij was also destroyed in Kandahar.
He further said that in the Chitral sector, a terrorist jump-off point at the Badini Post in Afghanistan was destroyed through ground forces.
Tarar said video footage of the operation showed precision engagement by Pakistan on installations and camps that directly or indirectly support terrorism from Afghan soil.
He maintained that no civilian population or infrastructure was targeted in the strikes, adding that claims suggesting otherwise by Afghan regime officials and media were false.
Sources had earlier said that the facility in Kandahar served as a major storage and logistics hub where sensitive and advanced equipment was kept before being supplied to militant networks for operational use.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has rejected claims by the Afghan Taliban regime that their forces captured a post and inflicted damage during recent cross-border tensions, terming the assertions "false and fabricated".
The ministry in a fact-check statement said that it said the claim attributed to the so-called defence ministry of the Afghan Taliban was designed to mislead domestic public opinion in Afghanistan, adding that such statements were part of a pattern of propaganda aimed at masking the group's losses.
According to the ministry, damages and losses suffered by the "Master Proxy" Afghan Taliban and their "extension" militant group, including Fitna Al Khawarij, are being regularly documented and updated by the government.
It said video and photographic evidence, where applicable, is also shared with the media to ensure transparency.
The statement added that authorities are exercising caution to provide credible and timely information about ongoing targeted operations against terrorist elements and their support infrastructure inside areas under the Afghan Taliban's control.
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, Pakistan has seen an increase in cross-border terrorist activity, particularly in the provinces of KP and Balochistan, which share a border with Afghanistan.
Amid the rising terror incidents, Pakistan has launched "Operation Ghazab lil-Haq" during which over 650 Afghan Taliban fighters have been killed in Pakistan's strikes along the border and within the neighbouring country.
More than 800 Afghan Taliban fighters have been injured, whereas 249 checkposts have been destroyed, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed on Friday.
Before the operation, Pakistan had also struck seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Fitna al Khawarij (FAK), its affiliates and the Daesh-Khorasan along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to recent suicide attacks.
The airstrikes were carried out in Nangarhar, Paktika and Khost provinces of Afghanistan, the security sources said, adding that more than 80 militants were killed in the airstrikes.
The two countries, back in October 2025, were also engaged in border clashes after the Afghan Taliban and militants launched unprovoked attacks against Pakistan’s border posts.
The resulting clashes led to the killing of over 200 Taliban and affiliated militants, while 23 Pakistani soldiers were martyred defending the motherland.
However, despite many rounds of talks, both countries failed to reach an agreement due to the Afghan Taliban regime's reluctance to take action against terrorist outfits.
