Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has said that over 400 members of the Afghan Taliban have been killed so far during the fierce military campaign along the Pakistan‑Afghanistan frontier, as tensions escalate between the two neighbouring states.
In an update on the ongoing offensive named Operation Ghazab‑lil‑Haq, Mr. Tarar stated that 415 Taliban fighters have been killed, with more than 580 others wounded since the action began late last week. Pakistani forces have also reported the destruction of 182 Taliban checkposts and the capture of 31 others deep inside Afghanistan.
The minister, speaking through a statement shared on the social media platform X, said that Pakistani airstrikes had hit 46 locations across Afghanistan, targeting militant positions, and that 185 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery piecesbelonging to the Taliban regime were “neutralised” during the operation.
The military campaign was launched after what Islamabad described as unprovoked cross‑border attacks by the Afghan Taliban along the more than 2,600‑kilometre frontier. Pakistan says the offensive is aimed at dismantling militant infrastructure that it accuses the Afghan Taliban government of sheltering — including cadres it blames for repeated attacks inside Pakistan.
While Pakistani officials maintain that their actions are defensive, the Taliban government in Kabul has condemned the strikes as a breach of Afghanistan’s sovereignty and has warned of serious consequences if the conflict intensifies. Independent verification of casualty figures on both sides remains difficult amid the fog of war.
The current hostilities mark one of the sharpest escalations in Afghanistan‑Pakistan relations in years, prompting concerns from international actors calling for restraint and diplomacy to avoid a broader regional clash.
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