An army soldier stands guard at a deserted entry point at the Friendship Gate, following the exchanges of fire between Pakistan and Afghanistan forces, at the border crossing between the two countries, in Chaman, Pakistan February 27, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakzai
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Monday that Pakistani security forces killed 435 Afghan Taliban combatants and destroyed 188 tanks and vehicles during Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, launched in response to “unprovoked action” from across the border.
Sharing a summary of the Afghan Taliban regime’s losses at 3pm, Tarar said that more than 630 Afghan operatives were injured. He added that 188 tanks and armoured vehicles were destroyed during the operation, 31 Afghan posts were captured and 51 locations across Afghanistan were successfully targeted in air strikes.
Tarar described the operation as a decisive response to aggression, underscoring the scale of losses inflicted on the Afghan Taliban regime.
✅Operation Ghazb lil Haq
✅Update 1500 hours 2 March
✅ Summary of Afghan Taliban losses
▪️435 Killed,
▪️630 + Injured
▪️188 Check posts destroyed
▪️31 Posts captured,
▪️188 tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery guns destroyed
▪️51 locations across Afghanistan effectively…— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) March 2, 2026
The latest escalation in tensions between the two countries follows a series of tit-for-tat actions over the past year.
Pakistan earlier carried out air strikes targeting camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan Province inside Afghanistan after a wave of attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad. Pakistani security sources said more than 80 terrorists were killed in those strikes. The strikes prompted attacks by Afghanistan along the border, leading to the breakout of the latest round of open conflict.
Islamabad has long maintained that TTP leaders operate from Afghan territory, an allegation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions also surged after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently targeted areas along Pakistan’s border, prompting Islamabad to respond with cross-border shelling. The exchanges caused casualties and infrastructure damage on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after border crossings were closed on October 12, 2025.
