Mosharraf Zaidi, the prime minister’s spokesperson, stated in a press release that 72 Afghan militants have been killed, greater than 120 have been injured, 16 posts have been destroyed, and 7 Afghan posts have been captured in retaliatory assaults by Pakistani forces.
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) — Pakistan launched airstrikes on Taliban amenities in Afghanistan, destroying key targets together with an ammunition depot in Nangarhar province, a safety supply instructed Xinhua on Friday morning.
In line with the supply, Pakistan carried out the airstrikes as a part of the Operation Ghazab Lil Haq (Wrath of Justice), which was launched after Afghan Taliban began assaults on Pakistani posts on the border on Thursday night.
“One main ammunition depot, three Afghan battalions, and a sector headquarters have been utterly destroyed,” stated the supply, including that greater than 36 tanks, artillery weapons, and armored personnel carriers have been additionally destroyed.
Mosharraf Zaidi, the prime minister’s spokesperson, stated in a press release that 72 Afghan militants have been killed, greater than 120 have been injured, 16 posts have been destroyed, and 7 Afghan posts have been captured in retaliatory assaults by Pakistani forces.
Earlier, Federal Minister for Info and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar stated in a press release that at the very least two Pakistani troopers have been killed and three others injured after Afghan Taliban opened hearth on Pakistani posts alongside the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
The minister stated that safety forces had launched a right away and efficient response and the nation would take all essential measures to make sure its territorial integrity and safeguard the protection and safety of its residents.
Native sources instructed Xinhua that at the very least one girl was killed and 5 others have been injured after mortar shells fired from the Afghanistan facet fell within the residential space within the Lagharai space of the Bajaur district within the nation’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
