Sources say Operation Ghazab Lil Haq will continue until all designated objectives are achieved.
Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Chaman. PHOTO: FILE
Security forces launched vigorous reprisals as part of Operation Ghazab Lil Haq after an unprovoked assault by Afghan Taliban and terrorists along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, security sources said Wednesday.
According to the sources, the armed forces carried out precise strikes in the Chaman region, targeting and destroying several Afghan Taliban posts and vehicles. They said the effective response forced Afghan Taliban fighters and their affiliated terrorists to withdraw from their positions.
They added that the ongoing military action reflects the unwavering determination of the armed forces to defend the country’s territorial integrity and ensure border security.
“Operation Ghazab al-Haq will continue until all designated objectives are achieved,” security sources said, asserting that Pakistani security forces remain fully prepared and determined to respond with force to any cross-border aggression.
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On Tuesday, security forces carried out retaliatory strikes on key sites, including the Ariana complex, Dabgai checkpoint, police headquarters and Zakarkhel post, which were destroyed.
The Pakistan Air Force also targeted positions in Laghman province, destroying an arms depot, the ABF battalion headquarters and the Nangarhar brigade. Sources further said that a Taliban post near Mohmand sector was also destroyed, stressing that only Afghan military targets were hit, in accordance with international law.
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.
