Pakistan’s armed forces carried out airstrikes late on March 16 under ‘Operation Ghazab-lil Haq’, targeting sites in Kabul and Nangarhar, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Tuesday.

 

“Technical support infrastructure and ammunition storage facilities at two locations in Kabul were effectively destroyed. The visible secondary detonations after the strikes clearly indicate the presence of large ammunition depots,” Tarar wrote on X.

 

He stated that four sites were also struck in Nangarhar, targeting logistics, ammunition and technical infrastructure.

 

According to Tarar, the strikes were limited to infrastructure used by the Afghan Taliban regime to support its “multiple terror proxies”, including Fitna Al Khawarij and Fitna Al Hindustan, terms used by Pakistani authorities for Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA).

 

“False claims made by the propagandists Taliban regime cannot befool the Afghans and the world from their heinous actions supporting and sponsoring terrorism in the region,” he stated.

 

In a fact check issued on Tuesday at 12:48pm by Fact Checker Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB) stated that the Omid Hospital, which was claimed to have been hit, is located several kilometres away from Camp Phoenix.

 

The ministry stated that the hospital is a multi-storey structure, while the site targeted was identified as a military ammunition and equipment storage facility.

 

It also questioned the claim regarding a drug rehabilitation facility, stating: “Another important question also lingers, as to why would an alleged drug rehabilitation facility be co-located with lethal ammunition storage site in a military camp?”

The operation was launched last month following border clashes after Afghan Taliban forces opened fire at multiple locations, prompting retaliation by Pakistan.

 

“Operations under Ghazab Lil Haq to safeguard Pakistani citizens against terrorism waged by Master Terror Proxy will continue until the desired objectives are fully achieved,” Tarar said.

 

Reports quoted security sources as saying that operations were also carried out in the Kurram sector, targeting positions used by Afghan Taliban operatives and Fitna al-Khawarij.

 

They reported that several positions were hit and casualties were caused, while others withdrew.

 

In Bajaur, Pakistani forces carried out retaliatory strikes near the border, targeting positions using guided missiles, security sources added.

 

Pakistan has previously conducted airstrikes targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan Province positions inside Afghanistan following attacks in Pakistan.

 

Islamabad has maintained that TTP leadership operates from Afghan territory, an allegation Afghan authorities have denied.