Afghan Taliban patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, on October 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters/File
PESHAWAR:
Pakistani armed forces destroyed a major ammunition depot in Afghanistan’s Khost province during the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched in response to unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban along the border.
Security sources said the warehouse attacked belonged to Fitna al-Khwarij and the Afghan Taliban, and was neutralized as part of a strong and effective retaliatory action.
According to sources, following the cross-border escalation, the Afghan Taliban regime and its affiliated groups are now facing a broad setback on multiple fronts.
Meanwhile, Information and Broadcasting Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani security forces had killed 435 Afghan Taliban fighters and destroyed 188 posts since the start of the operation.
Sharing an operational update at 3:00 p.m., Tarar said more than 630 Afghan operatives had been injured during the campaign.
He further said that 188 tanks and armored vehicles had been destroyed, 31 Afghan outposts had been captured and 51 locations across Afghanistan had been successfully attacked through airstrikes.
The minister said the operation is a decisive response to cross-border aggression.
The latest flare-up comes after months of rising tensions and tit-for-tat actions between the two countries.
Earlier, Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) camps and the Islamic State’s Khorasan province following a rise in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Pakistani security sources said more than 80 terrorists were killed in those attacks. In response, Afghan forces carried out retaliatory actions along the border, setting the stage for the current round of open confrontation.
Islamabad has consistently maintained that TTP leaders operate from Afghan territory, an accusation that Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions had already risen after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently attacked areas along the border with Pakistan, prompting cross-border shelling by Islamabad.
The exchanges caused casualties and damage to infrastructure on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after the closure of border crossings on October 12, 2025.
