‘Righteous Fury’: Operation Ghazab lil-Haq

Published February 27, 2026
A Pakistani soldier stands guard at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on February 27, 2026. — AFP
A Pakistani soldier stands guard at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on February 27, 2026. — AFP
  • Pakistan has launched Operation Ghazab lil-Haq against the Afghan Taliban after “unprovoked firing” from across the border
  • Pakistan’s armed forces have destroyed 182 Afghan Taliban posts and captured 31, the information minister says
  • 415 Afghan Taliban personnel killed and over 580 injured since the start of the operation, says the information minister
  • Karachi police have issued a public safety advisory, saying a high alert had been issued following “increased military tensions between Pakistan and Afghan Taliban forces near the Pak-Afghan border”
  • Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers said they were willing to negotiate following Pakistan’s air strikes

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