Tarar says forces destroyed 242 checkposts, hit 64 places throughout Afghanistan in air strikes
A Pakistani military soldier stands guard on a border terminal in Ghulam Khan, a city in North Waziristan, on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Photograph: AFP
Data Minister Attaullah Tarar stated on Sunday that 583 Afghan Taliban operatives have been killed and greater than 795 injured throughout the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, launched in response to what Islamabad described as “unprovoked motion” from throughout the Afghan border.
Operation Ghazab lil-Haq was launched final week following renewed clashes alongside the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, after Afghan Taliban forces fired on a number of places, prompting swift navy retaliation by Pakistan.
The neighbouring international locations have been engaged in escalating hostilities alongside the frontier since then. The clashes intensified after Afghanistan launched a border offensive in response to earlier Pakistani air strikes concentrating on terrorists positions.
✅Operation Ghazb lil Haq
✅Replace 1600 hours 8 March✅Abstract of Afghan Taliban losses
▪️583 Killed,
▪️795+ Injured
▪️242 Verify posts destroyed
▪️38 Posts captured & destroyed
▪️213 tanks, armoured automobiles, artillery weapons destroyed
▪️64 places throughout Afghanistan…— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) March 8, 2026
Offering a abstract of the losses of the Afghan Taliban regime as of 4 pm on Sunday, Tarar stated safety forces had destroyed 242 checkposts and captured 38 others throughout the operation.
“213 tanks, armoured automobiles and artillery weapons have additionally been destroyed throughout the operation,” he stated.
The minister added that 64 places throughout Afghanistan had been successfully focused in air strikes as a part of the marketing campaign.
Individually, the Pakistan Military foiled an infiltration try alongside the Pakistan–Afghanistan border close to the Chaman sector, safety sources stated, as forces proceed operations to guard the border fence and forestall terrorist crossings, state broadcaster Radio Pakistan reported.
In response to safety officers, a bunch of three to 4 terrorists tried to breach the fence within the border space adjoining to Chaman. Troops responded swiftly and focused the group as they tried to chop by the barrier.
In the course of the operation, an trade of fireside happened through which one terrorist was killed, whereas the remaining attackers fled the realm in a wounded situation, the sources stated.
“The Military successfully focused the Khwarij trying to chop the fence,” the safety sources stated.
Officers added that 4 to 5 improvised explosive units (IEDs) and fence-cutting gear had been recovered from the militants on the web site.
The newest escalation in tensions between the 2 international locations follows a collection of tit-for-tat actions over the previous yr.
Pakistan earlier carried out air strikes concentrating on camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan Province inside Afghanistan after a wave of assaults in Pakistan, together with a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
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Pakistani safety sources stated greater than 80 terrorists had been killed in these strikes. The strikes prompted assaults by Afghanistan alongside the border, resulting in the breakout of the newest spherical of open battle.
Islamabad has lengthy maintained that TTP leaders function from Afghan territory, an allegation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions additionally surged after a collection of explosions in Kabul on October 9 final yr. Taliban forces subsequently focused areas alongside Pakistan’s border, prompting Islamabad to reply with cross-border shelling. The exchanges induced casualties and infrastructure harm on either side and led to the suspension of commerce after border crossings had been closed on October 12, 2025.
