Operation Ghazab lil Haq has resumed after a temporary pause, with military actions continuing against militant networks operating in areas under the Afghan Taliban, reports quoted security sources as saying.
Officials stated that the operation is a targeted campaign against militant leadership, support structures, command networks and facilitators.
“Operations under Ghazab Lil Haq will continue until the objectives are achieved and the Afghan Taliban regime reviews its misplaced priority of supporting terror proxies over the welfare of the Afghan people and Pakistan,” the sources added.
Separately, it has emerged that Noor Wali Mehsud, head of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is currently being sheltered in Kabul.
According to officials, Mehsud is residing in a multi-storey building inside the Diplomatic Enclave, a restricted zone that houses key government and foreign missions. They noted that the presence of other occupants in the building is being used as a human shield to prevent any targeted action.
Officials raised concerns over what they described as continued facilitation of militant elements by the Afghan Taliban.
Operation Ghazab lil Haq was launched last month following clashes along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border after Afghan Taliban forces fired on multiple locations, prompting a response from Pakistan.
The situation escalated after Afghan forces initiated a border offensive following Pakistani air strikes on militant positions. Pakistan has previously targeted camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Islamic State Khorasan inside Afghanistan after a series of attacks, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Islamabad has maintained that TTP leadership operates from Afghan territory, an assertion denied by Kabul.
Last week, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar had announced a “temporary pause” in operations at the request of the brotherly Islamic countries of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the State of Qatar, and the Republic of Turkiye in view of Eidul Fitr.
The minister had stated that the pause would be effective from midnight on March 18/19, 2026, to midnight on March 23/24, 2026.
