An army soldier stands guard at a deserted entry point at the Friendship Gate, after the exchange of fire between the forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan, at the border crossing between the two countries, in Chaman, Pakistan February 27, 2026. Photo taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Monday that Pakistani security forces killed 435 Afghan Taliban fighters and destroyed 188 tanks and vehicles during Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, launched in response to “unprovoked action” from across the border.
Sharing a summary of the Afghan Taliban regime’s losses at As of 3 p.m., Tarar said more than 630 Afghan operatives were wounded. He added that 188 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed during the operation, 31 Afghan positions were captured and 51 locations in Afghanistan were successfully targeted in airstrikes.
Tarar described the operation as a decisive response to aggression that underscored the scale of casualties inflicted on the Afghan Taliban regime.
✅Operation Ghazb lil Haq
✅Update 1500 hours March 2✅ Overview of Afghan Taliban casualties
▪️435 Killed,
▪️630 + Damage
▪️188 check records destroyed
▪️31 posts recorded,
▪️188 tanks, armored vehicles, artillery guns destroyed
▪️51 places in Afghanistan effectively…— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) March 2, 2026
The latest escalation of tensions between the two countries follows a series of bumbling actions over the past year.
Pakistan has previously carried out airstrikes targeting camps of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan province inside Afghanistan following a spate of attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad. Pakistani security sources said that more than 80 terrorists were killed in these attacks. The attacks led to attacks from Afghanistan along the border, sparking the latest round of open conflict.
Islamabad has long maintained that TTP leaders operate from Afghan territory, a claim that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions also rose after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently targeted areas along the Pakistan border, prompting Islamabad to respond with cross-border shelling. The exchanges caused losses and damage to infrastructure on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after the border crossings were closed on 12 October 2025.
