Afghan Taliban patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province on October 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File
PESHAWAR:
Pakistani armed forces have destroyed a large ammunition depot in Afghanistan’s Khost province during the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched in response to unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban along the border.
Security sources said the targeted depot belonged to Fitna al-Khwarij and the Afghan Taliban and was neutralized as part of a strong and effective retaliation.
According to the sources, following the cross-border escalation, the Afghan Taliban regime and affiliated groups are now facing a broad backlash across multiple fronts.
Meanwhile, Information and Radio Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani security forces had killed 435 Afghan Taliban fighters and destroyed 188 positions since the launch of the operation.
By sharing an operational update at 3:00 p.m. Tarar said more than 630 Afghan operatives had been wounded during the campaign.
He further said that 188 tanks and armored vehicles had been destroyed, 31 Afghan positions captured and 51 locations in Afghanistan successfully targeted in airstrikes.
The minister said the operation is a decisive response to cross-border aggression.
The latest flare-up comes after months of rising tensions and teasing actions between the two countries.
Earlier, Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan targeting camps of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan province following an increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Pakistani security sources said that more than 80 terrorists were killed in these attacks. In response, Afghan forces carried out retaliatory actions along the border, setting the stage for the current round of open confrontation.
Islamabad has consistently maintained that the TTP leadership operates from Afghan territory – a charge Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions had already escalated after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently targeted areas along the Pakistan border, prompting cross-border shelling from Islamabad.
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.
