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A Pakistani army soldier stands guard on a border terminal in Ghulam Khan, a town in North Waziristan, on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photo: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Wednesday at least 641 Afghan Taliban operatives have been killed and more than 855 injured during the ongoing 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-Afghanistan border, after Afghan Taliban forces fired on multiple locations, prompting swift military retaliation by Pakistan.
In an update shared on his official X account, Tarar said security forces had inflicted heavy losses on terrorist positions across the border during the operation.
According to the minister, 243 check posts used by Afghan Taliban operatives have been destroyed so far, while another 42 were captured and subsequently destroyed by Pakistani forces.
A total of 219 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery guns were destroyed during the course of the operation, Tarar added.
He further stated that Pakistani forces carried out air operations targeting multiple terrorist sites across Afghanistan.
“Sixty-five locations across Afghanistan were effectively targeted by air,” Tarar said.
