An army soldier guards a deserted entry point at the Friendship Gate, following the exchange of fire between Pakistani and Afghan forces, at the border post between the two countries, in Chaman, Pakistan, February 27, 2026. Photo taken with a cellphone. 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” across the border.
Sharing a summary of the Afghan Taliban regime’s losses as of 3 p.m., Tarar said more than 630 Afghan personnel were injured. He added that 188 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed during the operation, 31 Afghan posts were captured and 51 sites across Afghanistan were successfully targeted in airstrikes.
Tarar described the operation as a decisive response to the aggression, highlighting the scale of losses inflicted on the Afghan Taliban regime.
✅Operation Ghazb little Haq
✅Updated at 1500 hours on March 2✅ Summary of Afghan Taliban losses
▪️435 killed,
▪️630 + Injured
▪️188 checkpoints destroyed
▪️31 messages captured,
▪️188 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns destroyed
▪️51 sites across Afghanistan actually…– Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) March 2, 2026
The latest escalation in tensions between the two countries follows a series of retaliatory actions over the past year.
Pakistan had earlier carried out airstrikes against camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State’s Khorasan province in Afghanistan after a wave of attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad. Pakistani security sources said more than 80 terrorists were killed in the strikes. The strikes provoked attacks from Afghanistan along the border, leading to the outbreak of the latest round of open conflict.
Islamabad has long maintained that TTP leaders operate from Afghan territory, an allegation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions also increased after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces then targeted areas along the Pakistani border, prompting Islamabad to respond with cross-border bombings. The exchanges caused casualties and damage to infrastructure on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after the closure of border crossings on October 12, 2025.
