Islamabad, Updated At : 03:58 PM Mar 03, 2026 IST
Pakistan security forces killed 67 Afghan Taliban personnel in overnight operations, repulsing attacks at 16 locations along the southwestern border, officials said.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, providing updates on Operation Ghazab lil Haq launched on Feb 26 in response to Afghan Taliban raids, said 40 Taliban were killed in overnight operations in the border region along Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
“Physical attack was attempted at one place, while a fire raid was conducted on 12 locations, which were all repulsed without any loss of life,” he said in an update posted on X. “At least 40 Afghan Taliban were killed in the overnight operations in KP,” he added, saying follow-up operations continued.
Separately, the Afghan Taliban launched physical attacks from across the border on 16 locations in northern Balochistan — in Qilla Saifullah, Noshki and Chaman districts — and engaged Pakistan troops in fire raids on 25 locations. “The attacks at all the locations were repulsed with Afghan Taliban suffering 27 killed and scores injured,” Tarar said.
The minister also reported one paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan North soldier was killed and five soldiers were injured.
On Monday, Tarar said Pakistani security forces had killed 435 Afghan Taliban combatants and injured another 630, destroyed 188 tanks and armoured vehicles, captured 31 Afghan posts and struck 51 locations across Afghanistan in air strikes.
State-run PTV reported the Pakistan armed forces conducted an air operation in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, destroying the Khogani base. “Fitna al-Khawarij and Afghan Taliban face massive setbacks on every front after unprovoked aggression,” PTV quoted security sources as saying.
PTV further reported that Operation Ghadab-ul-Haq is ongoing and will continue until its objectives are achieved.
