Pakistan launches Operation Ghazab Lil Haq against Afghan Taliban

Key facts

• Pakistan launched Operation Ghazab Lil Haq on the night of 26-27 February 2026, targeting Kabul, Kandahar, Nangarhar and Paktika.
• Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar claimed 27 Taliban posts were destroyed, 133 Afghan Taliban and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters killed and over 200 injured.
• Afghan officials rejected Pakistani casualty figures and earlier claimed 55 Pakistani soldiers killed and 19 outposts captured including a headquarters at Anzar Sar in Khost province.
• Pakistan reported two of its soldiers killed and three wounded, while 36 Afghan fighters died in the exchanges.
• The clashes centre on the disputed Durand Line border with cross-border firing reported across Paktika, Khost, Nangarhar, Khyber, Bajaur and Waziristan.