Islamabad, March 6 According to an official on Friday, Pakistan's offensive against Afghanistan was continuing, with the death toll of Afghan Taliban operatives reaching 527.
Pakistan launched 'Operation Ghazab lil Haq' last week after forces of the Afghan Taliban attacked 53 locations along the more than 2,600 km long border.
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar shared updates on Operation Ghazab lil Haq (righteous fury).
Tarar also posted on X that 755 Afghan Taliban had also been injured in the operation, while 237 of their check posts had been destroyed, and 38 posts had been captured and subsequently destroyed.
He further stated that 205 tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery guns of the Afghan side were also destroyed, while 62 locations across Afghanistan were "effectively targeted by air."
The state-run PTV reported, citing security sources, that the armed forces had destroyed terrorist hideouts adjacent to the border in the Zhob and Qila Saifullah sectors, while the Afghan Taliban were forced to abandon their posts and flee.
The armed forces also conducted Operation Parkram, destroying several posts, security sources said, adding that the forces targeted Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khawarij posts with heavy artillery fire.
The forces also effectively retaliated against "unprovoked firing" by the Afghan Taliban on the border between the Kurram sector and Afghanistan's Paktika province.
Sources said that there were reports of multiple Afghan Taliban posts being destroyed and casualties among them.
"Operation Ghadb-ul-Haq is still ongoing and will continue until its objectives are achieved," according to security sources.
Meanwhile, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to end the fighting, saying that civilians on both sides of the border were having to flee from airstrikes, heavy artillery fire, mortar shelling, and gunfire.
"I urge all parties to bring an end to the conflict, and to prioritize helping those experiencing extreme hardship," he said in a statement issued in Geneva.
