Afghan Taliban patrol near the Afghan-Pakistani border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, October 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters/File
PESHAWAR:
Pakistani armed forces destroyed a major ammunition depot in Afghanistan’s Khost province during 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 in a strong and effective retaliatory action.
According to the sources, following the cross-border escalation, the Afghan Taliban regime and groups affiliated with it are now facing a vast setback on multiple fronts.
Separately, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani security forces had killed 435 Afghan Taliban fighters and destroyed 188 posts since the operation was launched.
Sharing an operational update at 3 p.m., Tarar said more than 630 Afghan agents were injured during the campaign.
He further said that 188 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, 31 Afghan posts captured and 51 sites across Afghanistan successfully targeted in airstrikes.
The minister said the operation was a decisive response to the cross-border aggression.
The latest outbreak comes after months of growing tensions and retaliation between the two countries.
Earlier, Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Islamic State’s Khorasan province following a surge in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide attack in Islamabad.
Pakistani security sources said more than 80 terrorists were killed in the strikes. In response, Afghan forces carried out retaliatory actions along the border, paving the way for the current round of open confrontation.
Islamabad has always maintained that TTP leaders operated from Afghan territory – an accusation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions had already intensified after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9. Taliban forces then targeted areas along the Pakistani border, prompting cross-border shelling of Islamabad.
The exchanges caused casualties and damage to infrastructure on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after the border crossings closed on October 12, 2025.
