Sources say Operation Ghazab Lil Haq will continue until all designated targets are reached
Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Chaman. PHOTO: FILE
Security forces launched a strong retaliatory response during Operation Ghazab Lil Haq following unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban and terrorists along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, security sources said on Wednesday.
According to the sources, armed forces carried out precision strikes in the Chaman area, targeting and destroying several Afghan Taliban posts and vehicles. They said the effective response forced Afghan Taliban fighters and affiliated terrorists to retreat from their positions.
They added that the ongoing military action reflects the unwavering determination of the armed forces to defend the country’s territorial integrity and ensure border security.
“Operation Ghazab al-Haq will continue until all designated targets are reached,” security sources said, maintaining that Pakistan’s security forces remain fully prepared and committed to respond to any cross-border aggression with force.
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On Tuesday, security forces carried out retaliatory strikes on key locations, including the Ariana compound, Dabgai check post, police headquarters and Zakarkhel post, which were destroyed.
The Pakistan Air Force also targeted positions in Laghman province and destroyed an arms depot, ABF battalion headquarters and the Nangarhar Brigade. Sources further said that a Taliban post near the Mohmand sector was also destroyed, stressing that only Afghan military targets were hit in accordance with international law.
On April 15, three civilians, including two children, were martyred and three others were injured when Afghan Taliban forces carried out unprovoked firing on locals in a border area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district, according to state media.
The incident marked a renewed episode of cross-border aggression after a gap of over a month, following Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, which was launched in response to earlier unprovoked hostility from the Afghan side.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched around the end of February following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border after Afghan Taliban forces fired at several locations, prompting swift military retaliation from Pakistan.
The neighboring countries were engaged in escalating hostilities along the border since then. Clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani airstrikes targeting terrorist positions and subsided during a temporary ceasefire on the occasion of Eidul Fitr.
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The escalation in tensions between the two countries followed a series of tit-for-tat actions over the past year.
Pakistan has previously carried out airstrikes targeting TTP and Islamic State camps in Khorasan province inside Afghanistan following a spate of attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
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.
