ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said its cross-border military campaign had killed 796 Afghan Taliban fighters and affiliated terrorists as Operation Ghazab lil Haq entered its sixth week, targeting infrastructure used to support attacks inside Pakistan.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said more than 855 individuals had been injured during the campaign, launched in late February following what Islamabad describes as sustained cross-border terrorist attacks from Afghan territory.
“The ongoing operation is targeting terrorist hideouts and military infrastructure used to support attacks against Pakistan,” Tarar said in a statement posted on X.
According to the minister, Pakistani forces had destroyed 286 check posts and 249 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery systems, while 44 additional posts were captured.
He added that 81 locations across Afghanistan, including terrorist hideouts and support infrastructure, had been effectively targeted.
Tarar said the latest engagement took place on the night of April 2–3, when an attempt to attack a Pakistani border post in the Ghulam Khan sector was repelled.
“An attempt to physically attack a border post… was comprehensively foiled,” he said.
According to the statement, the attackers suffered heavy casualties.
“Up to 37 were killed and more than 80 others were injured,” Tarar added.
In a separate development, security sources said Pakistani forces had eliminated eight terrorists during an infiltration attempt in North Waziristan’s Datta Khel area, including two Afghan nationals, underscoring continued cross-border infiltration attempts.
Pakistan launched the operation after a series of attacks along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, and says the campaign aims to dismantle terrorist camps, logistics hubs and command networks used to plan attacks.
The operation was briefly paused during Eid-ul-Fitr before resuming, with officials maintaining that it will continue until security objectives are achieved.
Authorities say the campaign is based on verified intelligence and is focused on terrorist infrastructure, as Pakistan seeks to reduce the capacity of groups operating from Afghan territory to carry out attacks inside the country.
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