Armed Forces’ Determination to Defend the Country Remains Unwavering as ‘Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’ Continues
The Pakistani army responded to the unprovoked aggression of the Afghan Taliban on Tuesday and Fitna al-Khawarij along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, security sources said. Fitna al-Khawarij is a term the state uses to refer to terrorists belonging to the banned group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
According to security sources, operations under Operation Ghazab Lil Haq continue against the unprovoked aggression of the Afghan Taliban.
“The Pakistan Army, in the Chaman sector, effectively targeted and destroyed several Afghan Taliban posts,” sources said. “Afghan Taliban positions in Sarshan, Al-Marjan, Edhi Post, a vehicle and other facilities were also successfully targeted,” they added.
Security sources also said that the determination of the armed forces to defend the country remains unwavering, adding that the designs of terrorists and their facilitators would be foiled. They further said that Operation Ghazab Lil Haq would continue until all assigned objectives were achieved.
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On April 15, three civilians, including two children, were killed and three others were injured when Afghan Taliban forces carried out unprovoked shelling against residents in a border area in Bajaur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa state, according to state media.
The incident marked a new episode of cross-border aggression after a hiatus of more than a month, following Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, launched in response to unprovoked hostility from the Afghan side.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was launched towards the end of February following renewed clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, after Afghan Taliban forces fired on several sites, provoking rapid military retaliation from Pakistan.
Since then, neighboring countries have engaged in an escalation of hostilities along the border. The clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to Pakistani airstrikes targeting terrorist positions and eased during a temporary ceasefire to mark Eidul Fitr.
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The escalation of tensions between the two countries follows a series of retaliatory actions over the past year.
Pakistan had earlier carried out airstrikes against camps in the TTP and Islamic State’s Khorasan province in Afghanistan after a wave of attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
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.
