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Operation Ghazab lil-Haq: Pakistan claims 297 Afghan Taliban personnel killed

News DeskLast Updated: 28 February 2026, 11:16 AM ISTShare Pakistan launched a massive retaliatory attack code-named Operation Ghazab lil Haq, after the Afghan side simultaneously attacked 53 locations along the more than 2,600 km-long border. A Pakistani soldier stands guard at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman | AFPIslamabad: Pakistan authorities said that about 300 Afghan Taliban personnel and their allied terrorist groups have been killed so far as the operation against them was going on, it emerged on Sunday. Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar in the late-night update said the security forces killed 297 combatants of the Afghan Taliban regime, and over 450 Afghan operatives were injured.

TOPSHOT - A Pakistani soldier stands guard at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on February 27, 2026, following overnight cross-border firing between the two countries. Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on February 27, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war" following months of tit-for-tat clashes. Pakistan's latest operation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on February 26 night in retaliation for earlier air strikes by Islamabad. (Photo by Abdul BASIT / AFP)

TOPSHOT - A Pakistani soldier stands guard at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on February 27, 2026, following overnight cross-border firing between the two countries. Pakistan bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital Kabul on February 27, with Islamabad's defence minister declaring the neighbours at "open war" following months of tit-for-tat clashes. Pakistan's latest operation came after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops on February 26 night in retaliation for earlier air strikes by Islamabad. (Photo by Abdul BASIT / AFP)

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Key Highlights

  • Also read | Red Cross, Iran and UN urge Afghanistan-Pakistan to stop fighting and protect civilians Providing a summary of the Afghan Taliban regime, the minister said that Pakistan destroyed their 89 posts, and captured 18 others during Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, while around 135 tanks and armoured vehicles were also destroyed.
  • The minister said around 29 locations across Afghanistan were also effectively targeted by the air force.
  • Pakistan launched a massive retaliatory attack code-named Operation Ghazab lil Haq, after the Afghan side simultaneously attacked 53 locations along the more than 2,600 km-long border.
  • Addressing a press conference on Friday evening, the army spokesperson, Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry, said that the Afghan Taliban should choose between Pakistan and the terrorist organisations.
  • Also read | Explained | Pakistan’s risky bet against the Taliban "I want to make one thing clear: the oppressive Afghan Taliban regime has to make a clear choice.
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