Pakistan launched cross-border strikes late Thursday night time beneath Operation “Ghazab lil-Haq” in response to what it described as “unprovoked firing” by the Afghan Taliban throughout a number of sectors. The motion adopted alleged assaults on a number of Pakistani border posts, with senior ministers confirming {that a} large-scale counter-offensive was beneath manner.Pakistan info minister Attaullah Tarar stated at the least 133 Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed and greater than 200 injured throughout the operation. Defence minister Khawaja Asif said that the armed forces had been delivering a robust response to what he termed aggression from the Afghan Taliban.Tarar stated, “Afghan Taliban defence targets in Kabul, Paktia, and Kandahar had been focused, with the potential for additional casualties.” He added that at the least 27 posts of the Afghan Taliban regime had been destroyed and 9 others had been captured.
What’s Operation Ghazab lil-Haq?
Operation Ghazab lil-Haq is Pakistan’s retaliatory army marketing campaign launched in response to the alleged cross-border assaults. It interprets to “Righteous Fury.”In response to officers, the operation focused key army installations and defence positions of the Afghan Taliban.Tarar stated the strikes destroyed two corps headquarters, three brigade headquarters, two ammunition depots, one logistics base, three battalion headquarters, two sector headquarters, and greater than 80 tanks, artillery weapons and armoured personnel autos.State broadcaster PTV Information reported that the Pakistan Air Pressure focused essential Taliban army installations in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia. In response, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Nationwide Defence stated 55 Pakistani troopers had been killed in retaliatory operations carried out alongside the Durand Line, the two,611-kilometre border between the 2 international locations that has by no means been formally recognised by Afghanistan.In a press launch, the ministry stated the motion was launched at 8.00 pm on the ninth of Ramadan, equivalent to February 26, in response to what it described as a violation of Afghan territory by Pakistani army forces days earlier.“A couple of days in the past, the Pakistani army circles, with nice audacity, violated Afghan territory, breached our borders, and martyred girls and kids right here,” the assertion learn.The ministry stated Afghan forces focused Pakistani army posts alongside the Durand Line close to the provinces of Paktika, Paktia, Khost, Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan.It additional said that the four-hour operation resulted within the destruction of two Pakistani army bases and 19 posts, whereas troopers fled from 4 different posts. The ministry additionally claimed that an enemy tank was destroyed and a big army transport automobile was captured.
