Pakistan says it carried out ground operation, strikes along Afghan border, killing 29 militants
Officials said the operation targeted Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and allied militants after a Karachi Rangers attack killed three soldiers.
- On Sunday, Pakistani security forces conducted ground operations and air strikes along the Afghan border, killing 29 militants, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said. The action followed a deadly June 27 attack on a paramilitary facility in Karachi.
- The military operation responded to a June 27 assault on a Pakistan Rangers facility in Karachi, where militants killed three soldiers. Pakistan blamed the attack on the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction, which it characterizes as an 'Indian proxy.'
- Afghan government spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat disputed Pakistan's account, claiming the air strikes targeted residential homes and killed 38 civilians. Islamabad maintains the strikes targeted militant 'hideouts and safe havens' used for cross-border attacks, Tarar stated.
- The shared frontier has remained largely closed amid escalating tensions, while Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the strikes as a 'cowardly act of aggression.' International mediation efforts have failed to secure a lasting ceasefire.
- Effective July 10, Pakistan's strict new visa mandate requires the arrest of undocumented Afghan nationals, reflecting hardening border policy amid the conflict. This escalation follows months of tit-for-tat violence and failed attempts to secure lasting regional peace.
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Pakistan Kills 29 Militants in Border Operation, Kabul Reports Civilian Deaths
Pakistan’s security forces conducted operations along the Afghanistan border, reportedly killing at least 29 militants through ground and air strikes. Meanwhile, the Afghan Taliban claimed that airstrikes killed 38 civilians. These airstrikes were Pakistan’s second action targeting militant locations in Afghanistan, intensifying the existing conflict between the two nations. The strikes hit areas in the […] The post Pakistan Kills 29 Militants i…
29 terrorists killed in 'calibrated strikes' along Pak-Afghan border, says Tarar
Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said on Monday that security forces had carried out precision strikes on terrorist camps and safe havens of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Fitna al-Khawarij in Afghanistan’s Paktia, Paktika and Kunar provinces, killing 29 terrorists. The strikes were conducted under Operation Ghazab Lil Haq on the night of June 28-29 after an attack on a Rangers camp in Karachi. In a post on X, Tarar said the strikes eliminated terrori…
According to the Taliban, at least 36 people have been killed in the Pakistani attacks in the neighbouring country of Afghanistan.
Pakistan carried out air strikes in eastern Afghanistan against a dissident faction of the Pakistani Taliban, announced today the Minister of Information, Attaullah Tarar. According to the governor, three targets in the provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Kunar were destroyed overnight in precision attacks, causing the death of 25 fighters. The offensive also included ground operations in border areas and targeted the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a radical fac…
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The attacks are expected to exacerbate the tensions between the two countries.
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