Say the armed forces’ resolve to defend the country remains unwavering as ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’ continues
The Pakistani army responded on Tuesday to unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, security sources say. Fitna al-Khawarij is a term the state uses for terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
According to security sources, operations under Operation Ghazab Lil Haq are continuing against the unprovoked aggression of the Afghan Taliban.
“The Pakistan Army in Chaman sector effectively targeted and destroyed several Afghan Taliban positions,” sources said. “Afghan Taliban positions at Sarshan, Al-Marjan, Edhi Post, a vehicle and other installations were also targeted,” they added.
Security sources also said that the resolve of the armed forces to defend the country remains unwavering, adding that the designs of terrorists and their facilitators would be thwarted. They further stated that Operation Ghazab Lil Haq would continue until the achievement of all assigned objectives.
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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.
