Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab Lil Haq against the Afghan Taliban after “unprovoked firing” from across the borderInformation ministry says Afghan Taliban opened unprovoked firing on multiple locations along the border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s in Chitral, Khyber, Mohmand, Kurram and Bajaur sectors on Thursday eveningTwo security personnel have lost their lives in the ongoing clashes while 44 Afghan Taliban operatives have been killedState media has reported that the Pakistan Air Force has destroyed an ammunition depot in the Nangarhar province of AfghanistanThere are reports that Afghan families that were to be repatriated have been sent back to a holding centre in Khyber’s Landi Kotal from the Torkham border. PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s security forces have destroyed several Afghan Taliban hideouts near Kurram Sector, eight more Taliban militants sent to hell, state-run PTV News reported on X, quoting security sources.
This brought the total number of casualties during the ongoing clashes on the Afghan side to 44.
Earlier, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar had said that two Pakistan security personnel have been martyred while at least 36 operatives of the Afghan Taliban have been killed during the ongoing border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He added that three security personnel had been injured during the clashes and that there were reports of several persons having been wounded on the Afghan side.
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