ISLAMABAD:
Security forces repulsed a terrorist attack launched from Afghanistan on a Pakistani border post in North Waziristan district, killing 37 terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Sunday.
In a post on X, the minister said that under the ongoing Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, nearly 800 Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed since its launch in the last week of February in response to “unprovoked attacks” from across the Afghan border.
The latest attack took place in the Ghulam Khan Sector during the night between Friday and Saturday, according to the minister. He said the attack was foiled as Pakistani security forces inflicted heavy losses on Fitna al Khawarij – a term used for the TTP.
“On the night of April 2/3, an attempt to physically attack a border post in Ghulam Khan Sector by Afghan Taliban/FAK (Fitna al-Khawarij) was comprehensively foiled, in which they suffered heavy casualties, including up to 37 killed and 80+ injured,” Tarar said.
Providing a summary of the Afghan Taliban regime’s losses on his X account, the minister said that 796 Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed and at least 1,043 injured in the operation so far. During these operations, Pakistani forces destroyed 286 Afghan posts and captured 44.
Additionally, 249 tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery guns and drones were destroyed, the minister stated. He also said that Pakistani air strikes effectively targeted 81 terrorist and terrorist-support infrastructure locations across Afghanistan.
Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was initiated on February 26 after the Afghan Taliban refused to address Pakistan’s repeated calls on Kabul to rein in terrorists operating from its soil and carrying out attacks on Pakistani civilians and other targets.
Last month, just before Eidul Fitr, Pakistan announced a temporary pause in the operation at the request of brotherly Islamic countries. The pause ended on the night between March 23 and 24.
