Afghan Taliban patrol near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar Province on October 15, 2025. Photo: Reuters/ File
PESHAWAR:
Pakistani armed forces have 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 targeted depot belonged to Fitna al-Khwarij and the Afghan Taliban, and was neutralised as part of strong and effective retaliatory action.
According to the sources, following the cross-border escalation, the Afghan Taliban regime and affiliated groups are now facing a broad setback across multiple fronts.
Meanwhile, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said that Pakistani security forces had killed 435 Afghan Taliban combatants and destroyed 188 posts since the launch of the operation.
Sharing an operational update at 3:00 pm, Tarar said that more than 630 Afghan operatives had been injured during the campaign.
He further said that 188 tanks and armoured vehicles had been destroyed, 31 Afghan posts captured and 51 locations across Afghanistan successfully targeted in air strikes.
The minister said the operation is a decisive response to cross-border aggression.
The latest flare-up comes after months of mounting tensions and tit-for-tat actions between the two countries.
Earlier, Pakistan carried out air strikes inside Afghanistan targeting camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Islamic State Khorasan Province following a surge in terrorist attacks in Pakistan, including a suicide bombing in Islamabad.
Pakistani security sources said more than 80 terrorists were killed in those strikes. 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 leadership operates from Afghan territory – a charge Kabul has repeatedly denied.
Tensions had already escalated after a series of explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year. Taliban forces subsequently targeted areas along Pakistan’s frontier, prompting cross-border shelling by Islamabad.
The exchanges caused casualties and infrastructure damage on both sides and led to the suspension of trade after border crossings were shut on October 12, 2025.
