Islamabad, March 3 Pakistani security forces killed another 67 members of the Afghan Taliban in overnight operations, repelling their attacks at 16 locations along the southwestern border early Tuesday, officials said.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar provided updates on the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil Haq, launched on February 26 in response to the Afghan Taliban raids.
Tarar said that 40 members of the Afghan Taliban were killed in overnight operations in the border region along the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
"A physical attack was attempted at one location, while a fire raid was conducted on 12 locations, which were all repulsed without any loss of life," he said in an update posted on X.
"At least 40 members of the Afghan Taliban were killed in the overnight operations in KP," he added, noting that "follow-up" operations were continuing.
Separately, the Afghan Taliban resorted to physical attacks from across the border on 16 locations in Northern Balochistan in Qilla Saifullah, Noshki and Chaman districts while engaging Pakistani troops in a fire raid at 25 locations.
"The attacks at all the locations were repulsed with the Afghan Taliban suffering 27 killed and scores injured," he said.
The minister also said that one soldier of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan North was killed while five soldiers were injured.
On Monday, the minister said in a statement that Pakistani security forces killed 435 members of the Afghan Taliban and another 630 were injured. He said that 188 tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, 31 Afghan posts were captured and 51 locations across Afghanistan were successfully targeted in air strikes.
Meanwhile, state-run PTV reported that the Pakistan armed forces successfully conducted an air operation in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, destroying the Khogani base.
"The Khawarij and Afghan Taliban face massive setbacks on every front after unprovoked aggression," PTV reported, citing sources.
It further reported that security sources said Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq is still ongoing and will continue until its objectives are achieved.
