- Ministry says strikes carried out below Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.
- Provides weapons and ammunition saved at hideouts destroyed.
- Pakistan reiterates resolve to eradicate terrorist networks.
Pakistan carried out “well-planned and calibrated” aerial strikes on terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, killing a number of militants belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij and Fitna al-Hindustan, the Ministry of Info stated on Thursday.
The strikes had been carried out as a part of Operation Ghazab lil-Haq and Pakistan’s resolve to eradicate terrorists, their networks and supporters, the ministry stated in a press release.
It stated the strikes had been primarily based on credible intelligence and focused terrorist camps and hideouts at two areas belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij, Fitna al-Hindustan and their associates.
“Targets had been destroyed with precision,” the ministry stated, including that preliminary studies steered 22 terrorists had been killed.
Giant portions of weapons and ammunition saved on the hideouts had been additionally destroyed, in line with the assertion.
“Pakistan has all the time strived for the upkeep of peace and stability within the area. Nonetheless, the security and safety of our residents stays our foremost precedence,” the ministry stated.
It expressed concern that Afghanistan continued to stay a hub of terrorism, including that the risk to Pakistan emanated from Afghanistan.
“On this context, our motion exactly focused the terrorist hubs,” the ministry stated, including that most precautions had been taken to make sure there was no collateral harm.
The ministry stated the nation’s counterterrorism marketing campaign, Ghazab lil-Haq, being carried out below the imaginative and prescient of Azm-e-Istehkam by the safety forces and legislation enforcement companies, would proceed at full tempo.
It stated the marketing campaign would proceed to “wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism” from the nation.
The most recent strikes come per week after Pakistan carried out precision aerial and drone strikes on 10 areas in Afghanistan in response to tried drone assaults launched from Afghan territory.
On September 24, Tarar stated that the strikes focused areas used for launching and storing drones, describing the motion as a “deliberate, exact, calibrated and proportionate” response.
The event adopted Pakistan’s interception of eight drones that entered its airspace from Afghanistan. Safety sources stated 4 drones had been introduced down close to the Torkham border, whereas 4 others had been shot down in mountainous areas close to Kohat.
Pakistan has repeatedly raised considerations with the Taliban regime over the usage of Afghan territory for hostile operations and the presence of terrorist networks and sanctuaries there.
Separate counterterrorism operations
Individually, safety forces killed six militants throughout an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in opposition to Fitna al-Hindustan in Balochistan’s Kachhi district, safety sources stated at this time.
The militants had been efficiently focused utilizing quadcopters within the Sani space of Kachhi district below Operation Radd-ul-Fitan 3, the sources stated.
A big amount of weapons and ammunition was additionally recovered from the militants, whereas a clearance operation was continued within the space to eradicate any remaining militants, they added.
In North Waziristan, safety forces additionally carried out an IBO, destroying a number of militant hideouts and tunnels, in line with safety sources.
A big amount of explosives was recovered in the course of the operation, whereas explosive materials discovered throughout a search operation was neutralised with the help of the bomb disposal squad (BDS).
A number of militants had been additionally reportedly killed in the course of the operation, they added.
Cross-border militancy
Pakistan has witnessed a pointy rise in cross-border terrorist incidents, notably in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, because the Afghan Taliban returned to energy in 2021.
Islamabad has repeatedly urged Kabul to stop its territory from being utilized by militant organisations to hold out assaults inside Pakistan. Pakistan maintains that the Afghan Taliban authorities have didn’t take efficient motion in opposition to teams chargeable for assaults on Pakistani safety forces and civilians, a place Kabul has disputed.
Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq in February 2026, months after the 2 nations agreed to a ceasefire in October 2025 following clashes alongside a number of border factors.
Regardless of a number of rounds of talks, Islamabad and Kabul have but to resolve their variations, with the difficulty of militant teams working from Afghan soil remaining a serious level of competition between the 2 sides.
