A total of 219 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns were destroyed during the operation.
A Pakistani army soldier stands guard at a border terminal in Ghulam Khan, a town in North Waziristan on the Pakistan-Afghan border. Photo: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday that at least 641 members of the Afghan Taliban were killed and more than 855 injured during Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched in response to what Islamabad described as “unprovoked action” from across the Afghan border.
The operation was launched last month following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghan border after Afghan Taliban forces fired on several sites, provoking swift military retaliation from Pakistan.
In an update shared on his official X account, Tarar said security forces inflicted heavy casualties on terrorist positions across the border during the operation.
According to the minister, 243 checkpoints used by the Afghan Taliban have been destroyed so far, while 42 others were captured and subsequently destroyed by Pakistani forces.
A total of 219 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns were destroyed during the operation, Tarar added.
He further said that Pakistani forces were carrying out air operations targeting several terrorist sites across Afghanistan.
“Sixty-five sites across Afghanistan were effectively targeted from the air,” Tarar said.
