The information minister has said that 40 Afghan Taliban personnel were killed in overnight operations in KhyberPakhtunkhwa.

“Physical attack was attempted at one place, while a fire raid was conducted on 12 locations, which were all repulsed without any loss of life,” he said in an update posted on X.

“40 Afghan Taliban were killed in the overnight operations in KP,” he said, adding that “follow-up” operations continued.

He said that a detailed update will be given in the afternoon.