Pakistani armed forces on Wednesday targeted Afghan Taliban positions along the North Waziristan border near Shawwal subdivision, reports quoted security sources as saying.

The operation is ongoing and will continue until objectives are achieved, they said as state-run Radio Pakistan also reported retaliatory strikes against Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij posts in the Zhob sector.

Reports quoted officials as saying that the action forced the militants to retreat, abandoning their positions and weapons. Russian-made 73 mm HGL-9 heavy grenade launchers among other weaponry were recovered from Taliban-held positions.

Meanwhile, tensions persisted in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Mohmand district where four mortar shells were fired from the Afghan side.

One shell landed inside a Frontier Corps camp in Faqirabad, Khwezai tehsil, and three shells struck near a civilian settlement in Mamad Kor. No casualties were reported.

Separately, official sources dismissed reports that a three-member Pakistani delegation was holding talks with the Afghan Taliban in Kabul, saying that such claims were being spread by Afghan propaganda accounts on social media.

The updates come as Pakistan intensifies cross-border strikes under Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, which authorities say targets militant networks operating from Afghan territory. 

 

Islamabad had repeatedly urged the Taliban administration in Kabul to act against said groups, including the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), earlier, saying they use safe havens across the border to launch attacks on Pakistani security forces and civilians.

The same had, however, not been addressed by the Taliban regime.