ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s security forces have killed 796 Taliban and injured more than 1043 others since launching the large-scale counter terrorism Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against terrorist sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
In an update shared on X, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Pakistani security forces had inflicted significant damage to Taliban infrastructure and combat positions during the operation.
According to the minister, 286 check posts used by the Taliban have been destroyed, while 44 additional posts were captured and subsequently demolished by Pakistani forces.
He added that 249 tanks, armoured vehicles, and artillery systems belonging to the Taliban were also destroyed during the campaign.
The operation has included air strikes targeting multiple terrorist sites inside Afghanistan, with Pakistani aircraft reportedly striking 81 locations linked to the Taliban.
✅Operation Ghazb lil Haq
✅Update 1700 hours 5 Apr 26✅ Summary of Fitna Al Khawarij / Afghan Taliban losses
▪️796 Killed,
▪️1043+ Injured
▪️286 Posts destroyed
▪️44 Posts captured
▪️249 tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery guns, drones destroyed
▪️81 terrorists and…— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) April 5, 2026
The minister also stated that on the night of 2/3 April, an attempt to physically attack a border post in Ghulam Khan Sector by Afghan Taliban was comprehensively foiled, in which they suffered heavy casualties, including upto 37 were killed and more than 80 wounded.
The operation began in February after renewed clashes along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border, where Afghan Taliban forces reportedly opened fire on multiple Pakistani positions, prompting a swift military response from Islamabad.
Since then, confrontations have intensified, marking one of the most serious escalations along the frontier in recent years.
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan had halted “Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq” against the Afghan Taliban during Eid-ul-Fitr.
Trilateral talks
Pakistan and Afghanistan also held trilateral talks with China in Urumqi, aimed at easing months of heightened tensions, supporting Pakistan’s efforts to eliminate terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan, and sustaining diplomatic engagement, Pakistani officials said on Wednesday.
The meeting in the northwestern Chinese city followed Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s recent visit to Beijing, where he held discussions with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of ongoing regional consultations.
Officials said the engagement is part of an established Pakistan–Afghanistan–China trilateral mechanism, with Beijing continuing to play a facilitating role in maintaining dialogue between Islamabad and Kabul.
Pakistan’s information ministry on Wednesday also rejected claims by the Afghan Taliban interim regime and “Indian RAW mouthpieces” regarding the removal of barbed wire along the Pakistan-Afghanistan international border, terming them “fabricated and devoid of facts”.
The ministry in a post on X said the Pakistan-Afghan border spans over 2,640 kilometres of rugged landscape, which is guarded only by Pakistan, while the Taliban interim regime “works hand in glove with terrorists, smugglers, and criminal mafia to infiltrate”.
“Pak-Afghan border fence is fully intact, and in fact all such attempts are given heavy and disproportionate response there and then,” the ministry maintained.
