ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s retaliatory military campaign against the Afghan Taliban positions has entered its tenth day, with Islamabad inflicting significant battlefield losses under Operation Ghazab lil Haq following repeated cross-border attacks.
Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said at least 583 Afghan Taliban combatants and affiliated terrorists have been killed and more than 795 injured since the operation began.
In a statement posted on the social media platform X, Tarar said Pakistani forces had carried out sustained strikes on terrorist positions across Afghanistan as part of a coordinated military response.
242 Taliban check posts have been destroyed, while 38 additional posts were captured and subsequently demolished by Pakistani forces.
The information minister stated that 213 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns belonging to Afghan Taliban forces were destroyed during the course of the operation.
He also said 64 locations across Afghanistan were effectively targeted through air operations.
He described the strikes as part of Pakistan’s effort to dismantle infrastructure used to launch attacks across the border.
Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq on February 26. The offensive began after Afghan Taliban forces initiated physical and fire attacks across multiple border sectors. Pakistani ground troops crossed the border fencing adjacent to North Waziristan to clear Afghan Taliban compounds and seize control of outposts.
Precision airstrikes destroyed major command centers, including two Corps Headquarters and a Brigade Headquarters in Kandahar. Early in the campaign, Pakistani anti-drone systems intercepted hostile quadcopters targeting civilian areas.
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations Lt. Gen. Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry described the operation as a proportionate response executed in legitimate self-defense.
The military systematically targets groups designated by the state as Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan. The government uses the term Fitna al-Khawarij to classify the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and its affiliates.
The Ministry of Interior officially designates terrorist organizations operating in Balochistan as Fitna al-Hindustan. The ministry states these groups carry out violent attacks on directives from India to damage the sovereignty of the country.
Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir visited forward-deployed troops in South Waziristan to oversee the offensive. He declared the use of Afghan soil for terrorism against Pakistan unacceptable and authorized all necessary measures to neutralize the threat.
Pakistani officials maintain the operation will continue until Kabul provides credible guarantees and takes concrete steps to halt its support for terrorist networks.
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