Ahmedabad Times

(IANS)

Pakistan launched cross-border strikes late Thursday night time beneath Operation “Ghazab lil-Haq” in response to what it described as “unprovoked firing” by the Afghan Taliban throughout a number of sectors. The motion adopted alleged assaults on a number of Pakistani border posts, with senior ministers confirming {that a} large-scale counter-offensive was beneath method.

Pakistan data minister Attaullah Tarar mentioned not less than 133 Afghans Taliban operatives had been killed and greater than 200 injured through the operation. Defence minister Khawaja Asif said that the armed forces had been delivering a powerful response to what he termed aggression from the Afghan Taliban.Tarar mentioned, “Afghan Taliban defence targets in Kabul, Paktia, and Kandahar had been focused, with the opportunity of additional casualties.” He added that not less than 27 posts of the Afghan Taliban regime had been destroyed and 9 others had been captured.

What’s Operation Ghazab lil-Haq?

Operation Ghazab lil-Haq is Pakistan’s retaliatory army marketing campaign launched in response to the alleged cross-border assaults. It interprets to “Righteous Fury.”In line with officers, the operation focused key army installations and defence positions of the Afghan Taliban.Tarar mentioned the strikes destroyed two corps headquarters, three brigade headquarters, two ammunition depots, one logistics base, three battalion headquarters, two sector headquarters, and greater than 80 tanks, artillery weapons and armoured personnel automobiles.State broadcaster PTV Information reported that the Pakistan Air Power focused vital Taliban army installations in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia. In response, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Nationwide Defence mentioned 55 Pakistani troopers had been killed in retaliatory operations carried out alongside the Durand Line, the two,611-kilometre border between the 2 international locations that has by no means been formally recognised by Afghanistan.In a press launch, the ministry mentioned the motion was launched at 8.00 pm on the ninth of Ramadan, akin to February 26, in response to what it described as a violation of Afghan territory by Pakistani army forces days earlier.“A number of days in the past, the Pakistani army circles, with nice audacity, violated Afghan territory, breached our borders, and martyred ladies and kids right here,” the assertion learn.The ministry mentioned Afghan forces focused Pakistani army posts alongside the Durand Line close to the provinces of Paktika, Paktia, Khost, Nangarhar, Kunar and Nuristan.It additional said that the four-hour operation resulted within the destruction of two Pakistani army bases and 19 posts, whereas troopers fled from 4 different posts. The ministry additionally claimed that an enemy tank was destroyed and a big army transport automobile was captured.