Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Sunday said security forces had foiled an attempt by the Afghan Taliban and terrorists to attack a border post in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Ghulam Khan Sector, in which 37 of the attackers were killed and more than 80 were injured.

According to the minister, the incident took place on the night between April 2 and April 3 during the ongoing Operation Ghazab lil-Haq.

Operation Ghazab lil-Haq was launched on the night of Feb 26 following cross-border firing by the Afghan Taliban.

After a temporary pause in the on March 18 at the request of “brotherly Islamic countries,” Pakistan had announced the operation’s resumption on March 26, saying it would continue “until its objectives are achieved”.

In an X post, the information minister said, ”As part of these [Ghazab Lil Haq] operations on the night of April 2/3, an attempt to physically attack a border post in Ghulam Khan Sector by Afghan Taliban/ Fitna al Khawarij was comprehensively foiled, in which they suffered heavy casualties, including up to 37 sent to hell and 80+ injured.”

Fitna al Khawarij is a term that the state has designated for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban.

Sharing update on Operation Ghazab Lil Haq’s, he said in his post that as of 5pm on April 5, 796 terrorists and Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed while over 1,043 had been injured.

He further said that 286 of their posts had been destroyed 44 posts had been captured. A total of 249 tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery guns and drones had also been destroyed.

Tarar added that 81 terrorists and terrorist support infrastructure locations across Afghanistan were effectively targeted by air.