Pakistan said on Saturday that its forces have killed 331 Taliban militants in a military operation launched after what Pakistan described as unprovoked cross-border attacks from Afghanistan. The operation, named “Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq,” began on Friday after clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border escalated further. 

 

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar posted a statement on X, saying that, at least 331 Afghan Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters, and other militants had been killed, with more than 500 wounded. 

 

He added that Pakistani forces have destroyed 104 Taliban posts, captured 22, and disabled 163 tanks and armoured personnel carriers. Air strikes were carried out at 37 locations inside Afghanistan, he said.

 

Pakistani officials said the operation targeted armed groups aligned with the Afghan Taliban, whom Pakistan accuses of launching repeated cross-border attacks. Fighting continued overnight as Pakistani ground and air forces maintained operations across multiple sectors.

 

Security sources reported that the Pakistan Air Force struck brigade and battalion headquarters linked to Afghan Taliban forces in Nangarhar province. Pakistani troops captured and demolished the New Afghan 8 post, while another position in the Noshki sector was destroyed.

 

Through updates issued overnight and on Saturday, security sources said Pakistani forces were conducting “decisive operations” in response to what they described as unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban regime. 

 

"Air strikes in Kandahar targeted and destroyed an Afghan army headquarters",  security sources said . The Pakistan Air Force also hit two objectives at the Mohmand Dara base in Nangarhar province.

 

In other sectors, Pakistani forces carried out targeted operations. In Chitral’s Kandaksi base sector, an Afghan Taliban position was hit. In the Khyber sector, Taliban posts and camps were destroyed, including the Khyber post.

 

In the Noshki sector, a Taliban post was successfully targeted and destroyed. In Qila Saifullah, the Rahim Thana post was destroyed, while an infiltration attempt was also foiled, killing multiple militants.