Pakistan has delivered a forceful response to aggression by the Afghan Taliban, carrying out a major airstrike on Bagram Airbase that destroyed an aircraft hangar and two warehouses. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defence and The New York Times have confirmed the Pakistani air strike conducted under Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq.
The US newspaper reported that Pakistan successfully targeted the strategically significant Bagram Airbase and that satellite images had emerged showing damage to an aircraft hangar and two warehouse facilities. The report further noted that evidence of the presence of “Fitna al-Khawarij” elements in Afghanistan has repeatedly been presented in United Nations reports. Pakistan continues to carry out extensive ground and air operations in response to what it termed unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban.
481 Afghan combatants killed
Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar said that security forces have killed 481 combatants of the Afghan Taliban regime, destroyed their 226 posts, and captured 35 others during Operation Ghazab lil-Haq, launched following “unprovoked action” from across the border. Providing a summary of Afghan Taliban regime’s losses at 16:00 hours, the minister said that over 696 Afghan operatives were injured during the Operation Ghazab lil-Haq (Righteous Fury). Around 198 tanks, armoured vehicles, and artillery guns have also been destroyed during the operation, he added.