KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, says the country has conducted airstrikes on 51 locations across Afghanistan as part of a military operation dubbed “Ghazab-ul-Haq.”
In a post published on X on Monday (March 2), Tarar claimed that Pakistani forces have so far killed 435 Taliban members and wounded more than 630 others during the operation.
He further stated that Pakistan has destroyed 188 Taliban checkpoints, captured 31 posts, and destroyed 188 tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery units.
Fighting between Taliban forces and Pakistan began late Thursday night last week and is still ongoing.
During the past several days, Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in multiple Afghan provinces, including the capital, Kabul.
The Taliban, for their part, claim they have launched retaliatory air attacks against several Pakistani military centers and inflicted damage.
A few days earlier, Pakistan’s military spokesperson, Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, said at least 274 Taliban fighters were killed and more than 400 injured in cross-border clashes and airstrikes, while 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 27 wounded. He said Pakistani forces destroyed dozens of Taliban posts and armored vehicles across several Afghan provinces, claiming the strikes targeted militant infrastructure and caused no civilian harm. Chaudhry also warned that Pakistan would hold the Afghan Taliban responsible for attacks originating from Afghan soil. The Taliban have not responded to these figures but earlier claimed they had inflicted casualties on Pakistani forces.
Independent verification of the claims made by either side has not yet been possible.
Regional states, including Iran, China, Russia, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Malaysia, and others such as the United Kingdom and the United Nations, have urged both sides to halt hostilities and resolve disputes through dialogue. Some of these countries have offered to mediate in an effort to ease tensions between the two neighbors.
