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Security forces have killed at least 796 Afghan Taliban personnel and Fitna al-Khawarij militants during the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil-Haq so far, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday.
Pakistan announced on March 26 the resumption of the operation, paused for Eid ul Fitr, vowing it would continue as long as the Afghan Taliban regime supports the TTP and militants use Afghan soil against Pakistan.
Security forces launched the retaliatory operation against the Afghan Taliban and affiliated militants in late February, in response to suicide bombings in Islamabad, Bajaur, and Bannu, all of which were linked to militants based in Afghanistan.
In today's post on X, the information minister said that Pakistan's operation resulted in 796 Afghan Taliban personnel and allied militant deaths, with more than 1,043 injured.
Overall, security forces destroyed 286 Afghan Taliban posts and captured another 44. A total of 249 tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery guns and drones were neutralised.
Pakistan also effectively targeted 81 terrorist and support infrastructure locations in airstrikes across Afghanistan.
Tarar said that security forces also foiled an attempted attack on a border post in the Ghulam Khan Sector, resulting in heavy losses for the Afghan Taliban regime and affiliated militants.
During the operation conducted on the night of 2–3 April, up to 37 Taliban personnel and militants were killed and more than 80 were injured, he added.
Tensions between the two neighbouring countries stem from terror groups using Afghan soil to launch attacks inside Pakistan.
Islamabad, which has repeatedly urged Kabul to prevent its soil from being used by terrorist organisations to carry out attacks, conducted intelligence-based strikes targeting seven terrorist camps and hideouts belonging to Fitna al Khawarij — a term used for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) — its affiliates and the Daesh-Khorasan, along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last week.
The recent border tensions reignited months after the two countries agreed to a ceasefire in October 2025 when the Afghan Taliban regime opened unprovoked gunfire at several border points.
The Afghan forces' firing was aimed at helping Khawarij formations cross the border into Pakistan.
Islamabad, however, back then had agreed to an initial ceasefire at Kabul's request. The countries then later reached a ceasefire deal in Qatar, which was mediated by Doha and Turkiye.
Under the agreement, terrorism from Afghanistan on Pakistani soil was to be stopped immediately.
The two sides then further held follow-up discussions in Turkiye, which did not deliver the desired results as Kabul refused to address Islamabad's core concern of terrorism emanating from Afghan soil.
