First week (21–27 February) Initial airstrikes that Pakistan blamed on militants operating from Afghanistan During the late hours of 21 February, local sources in Afghanistan reported airstrikes in parts of
Nangarhar,
Paktika, and
Khost provinces. In Nangarhar, the strikes were reported in
Bihsud and
Khogyani districts, while in Paktika, they were reported in
Barmal and
Urgun districts. Local sources also reported strikes in parts of Khost province, although no further details were provided. Local sources reported that the airstrikes in Nangarhar province's Bihsud district struck a civilian home, trapping 23 people beneath the rubble. In a late-night press release, Pakistani officials confirmed that the
Pakistan Air Force (PAF), under the command of Air Chief Marshal
Zaheer Ahmad Babar, had carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan. Officials said the strikes were selective and intelligence-based, and targeted seven militant camps and hideouts linked to the
Pakistani Taliban and
Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) near the Pakistan–Afghanistan border. Additionally, Pakistani officials stated that the strikes were conducted as retaliation for the recent terror attacks in Islamabad, Bajaur, and
Bannu. A Pakistani newspaper, citing military sources, reported that the seven TTP hideouts in Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces were destroyed and that more than 80 militants were killed; Shayesteh Jan Ahadi, former head of the Paktia Provincial Council, stated that Pakistani airstrikes in several districts were very widespread and powerful. The
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that Pakistan carried out airstrikes between 11:45 p.m. on 21 February and 12:15 a.m. on 22 February. UNAMA also reported that airstrikes in Paktika province damaged or destroyed infrastructure. On 23 February, UNAMA confirmed that over 13 civilians had been killed by the Pakistani airstrikes, with an additional seven injured. Pakistan described the operation as a retributive response to a series of suicide bombings inside Pakistan, including the
6 February bombing of a Shia mosque in
Islamabad that killed 31 worshippers (claimed by ISIS–K), and
attacks in Bajaur and
Bannu districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the early days of
Ramadan. Pakistan also claimed that the strikes were "intelligence-based, selective operations" against seven camps and hideouts belonging to the
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), its affiliates, and the
Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP). This was the seventh time Pakistan has carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan since the
Afghan Taliban took over in August 2021. The Taliban-led Afghan government condemned the strikes as a "blatant violation of Afghanistan's territorial integrity" and a breach of international law, stating that they hit civilian homes, a religious seminary, and other civilian structures, killing at least 18 people (including women and children) and leaving others missing under rubble. In addition, one family in
Girdi Kas lost 18 of 23 members, and additional casualties were reported in
Paktika. Afghan officials vowed an "appropriate and measured response" at a suitable time. Pakistan claimed that its forces retaliated in response to a mortar and rocket from Afghanistan on Jarobi Kandao area of the Zakhakhel tehsil, with skirmishes later spreading to Wragha, Maro Sar, Shahkot and Zakhakhel. Pakistan also claimed that Taliban initiated 'unprovoked firing" in
Torkham and
Tirah. Both light and heavy weapons were used in skirmishes in
Nazyan and
Achin. A police constable was killed in a militant attack in
Wana while six police personnel including a DSP were killed and three were wounded in an insurgent ambush in
Kohat District. An ex-Police officer and a militant were killed while another militant was injured in an engagement in
Peshawar District. Light clashes took place in
Mohmand and
Kurram Districts whereas heavy fighting occurred in
Khyber District between Pakistani security forces and Pakistani Taliban. Unidentified militants attacked a police patrol in Bajaur killing four and wounding two police personnel and also killed a constable and his son in
South Waziristan. As per the Taliban officials, 55 Pakistani soldiers were killed, and several others were captured. Taliban-led Afghanistan's officials further added that one military headquarters and 19 border outposts had been captured, while 4 border outposts were destroyed during the operation.
Zabihullah Mujahid named seven of the border outposts that Taliban officials claimed to have captured. According to reports, the outposts were located inside Afghanistan, and it remained unclear how border outposts belonging to Pakistani forces were located on Afghan soil. At midnight local time (19:30 GMT), the Taliban-led Afghan Ministry of Defense announced the end of its four-hour operation. Pakistani officials rejected Taliban claims and stated that military action against Taliban forces was continuing. They further added that the attack had been repulsed, that the Taliban had suffered heavy losses, and that two Pakistani soldiers had been killed and three others were injured during the four-hour engagement. In response to the Taliban's operation, Pakistan carried out air and ground strikes against Afghan Taliban positions in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, and Nangarhar.
Faisal Karim Kundi, governor of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, stated that the Afghan Taliban started the war and Pakistan will be the one to end it, while
Khawaja Asif, Pakistan's defence minister, announced the start of an "open war" between the two countries. Pakistani officials stated that around 133 Taliban fighters were killed and more than 200 were injured during the clashes and subsequent operation. They further added that the airstrikes destroyed two corps headquarters, three brigade headquarters, two ammunition depots, one logistics base, three battalion headquarters, two sector headquarters, and more than 80 tanks, artillery pieces, and
APCs (armoured personnel carriers). Pakistani officials also said that 27 border posts held by Taliban forces were destroyed and nine were captured. Taliban spokesperson
Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, and several other locations, and stated that these airstrikes did not cause any casualties. The Taliban spokesperson also announced on
X (formerly Twitter) that Taliban forces had responded to the airstrikes with attacks against Pakistani military positions in Kandahar and Helmand, two provinces in Afghanistan, although the post was later deleted. Residents also reported hearing the sound of many ambulance sirens following the airstrike on the ammunition depot. Additionally, satellite imagery released by
Planet Labs revealed damage at two locations in Kabul, which are 400 meters apart. In
Gardez, scorch marks and damage to four buildings at a military base belonging to Taliban forces were visible from satellite imagery. Furthermore,
NASA gathered and published data indicating a significant heat signature at the military base, suggesting that a sizeable fire had erupted at the site overnight. In Kandahar, Pakistani officials released aerial footage of a large explosion at an ammunition depot near
Kandahar International Airport (KDH).
BBC News, using satellite imagery, confirmed the location of an ammunition depot in Kandahar. In Paktika, a video shared on social media showed smoke rising from a Taliban military base in the Urgun District. BBC News confirmed the location by matching roads and a distinctive foreground building with satellite imagery. Analysts at Maiar, an intelligence firm, stated that Pakistan's strikes on buildings and other infrastructure in Afghanistan appeared to be largely confined to military sites. They said that one of the buildings struck in Kabul appeared to be a military headquarters or command-and-control centre, and that vehicles parked nearby suggested the building had been occupied. In Kandahar, the analysts reported damage to at least two buildings within a large complex, which they assessed to be a headquarters of some kind. PAF airstrikes in Kandahar province also struck the former home of
Mullah Omar, the late founder of the Taliban, which was currently serving as a base for the Taliban's suicide unit. The property is located about one kilometer from the residence of the current Taliban leader,
Hibatullah Akhundzada. According to local Afghan sources, about 15 Taliban members were killed in the strike. Elsewhere in the province, parts of
Spin Boldak District were also struck. Additionally, Taliban forces' facility in Pul-e-Charkhi was also struck by the PAF. Following Pakistan's airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar, Zabihullah Mujahid stated that the Taliban were ready to negotiate with Pakistan. However, according to some Afghan sources, the Taliban-led Afghan armed forces base in Paktika was the one that was struck by the PAF. Later the same day, at around noon, the Taliban-led Afghan border brigade in
Gardez was also struck by an airstrike carried out by the PAF. An additional airstrike in parts of
Nangarhar was also reported by local Afghan sources. The Taliban-led Afghan armed forces base in
Khost Province was also struck in the airstrikes that were carried out on 27 February. On the same day, the Taliban-led Afghan Ministry of Defense announced that it had carried out airstrikes in Pakistan targeting military sites in
Faizabad,
Nowshera,
Jamrud, and
Abbottabad. The ministry did not provide details about the type of aircraft or equipment allegedly used in the attacks. Pakistani officials, however, stated that attempts to strike in
Abbottabad,
Swabi, and
Nowshera using small drones had been foiled using anti-drone systems. They denied that any strike had taken place in Faizabad or Jamrud, and said that these attacks were the work of the
Pakistani Taliban rather than the Afghan Taliban. The drone in Swabi crashed near a girls' school, injuring a student. A quadcopter attack on a mosque in
Bannu injured five worshippers. Pakistan subsequently imposed a countrywide ban on drone flights. A Pakistani soldier was killed in a drone attack on a check post in
Tank District. During the same day, Pakistan's army spokesperson stated that Operation Ghazab Lil Haq was continuing successfully against the Afghan Taliban. He said Pakistani forces had repulsed insurgents at 53 border locations, killing 274 militants, injuring more than 400. He added that 73 Afghan Taliban posts had been destroyed, 18 had been captured, and 115 tanks and armoured vehicles had also been destroyed. He also said Pakistani forces had targeted militant infrastructure at 22 locations in Kandahar, Paktia, Nangarhar, Khost, and Paktika. He added that 12 Pakistani soldiers were killed, 27 were wounded, and one is missing in action. Pakistani officials also released videos of their strikes in Afghanistan. Later that day, Afghan Taliban officials announced that they had launched a new wave of attacks against Pakistani border guards in the border areas of Khost and
Paktia provinces. The fighting later spread to the border areas of
Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. The same day, Pakistani Taliban leader
Noor Wali Mehsud ordered the group's fighters to intensify and systematically carry out attacks in support of the Afghan Taliban. He also instructed them to post video evidence of their attacks directly on social media without prior permission. Jamaat ul Ahrar, an offshoot of the Pakistani Taliban, also ordered its fighters to intensify attacks in Pakistan in response to Pakistani airstrikes against the Afghan Taliban. It also said that its fighters would step up attacks in the provinces of
Sindh and
Punjab. Following these orders, militant attacks on police stations and outposts were reported in
Peshawar, Bannu,
Hangu, and
Mattani, injuring a police officer and a civilian.
Second week (28 February – 6 March) On 28 February, clashes between Pakistan border guards and Afghan Taliban were reported along the
border areas of Torkham. Later on, an airstrike was carried out by the PAF on
Jalalabad Airport, the capital of Nangarhar province. An
AFP journalist reported hearing sounds of two loud explosions from the direction of Jalalabad airport. Pakistan's media outlet also reported an airstrike in Nangarhar province targeting several Taliban headquarters. On the same day, Afghan forces claimed a Pakistani fighter was shot down over
Jalalabad using anti-aircraft guns, with the pilot captured alive. Pakistan rejected the Afghan Taliban's claim, labeling it as wartime propaganda. Afterwards, the detained individual was severely beaten by the Afghan Taliban and locals, while being paraded through the market area in Jalalabad, with Taliban officials terming the event as an important war operation. However, later on, it was revealed that the pilot that Afghan forces captured was an ordinary Afghan national who was a parachutist and had no connection to the Pakistani army. Further investigation also revealed that news of downing a fighter jet was false, and the detained individual was later released. pictured in 2007 Elsewhere, the PAF carried out airstrikes in parts of Khost, Kandahar provinces, and Kabul. Taliban-led Afghan government deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat said that 52 people had been killed and 66 others injured as a result of Pakistani attacks on the provinces of Paktika, Khost, Kunar, Nangarhar, and Kandahar. The Taliban-led Afghan Ministry of Defense said that 110 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and 27 Pakistani border posts had been captured. The ministry also said that it had attacked Pakistani military sites in Miranshah and Spinwam, though Pakistani officials denied that any such attack had taken place. On the same day, an attack by Pakistani Taliban on Sra Khawra police checkpost in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa injured one policeman and 6 civilians. Separately, Pakistani officials said that 352 Afghan Taliban members had been killed and more than 535 wounded since the fighting began. They added that Pakistani forces had destroyed 130 Taliban border posts, captured 26 others, and destroyed 171 tanks and armoured personnel carriers belonging to Afghan Taliban forces. The officials also said that the PAF had targeted 41 locations in Afghanistan, including brigade and battalion headquarters in Nangarhar province and an army headquarters in Kandahar province. Later on the day, clashes resumed between Pakistan border guards and Afghan Taliban forces along the border areas of Nangarhar, Khost, and Paktia provinces. Taliban-led Afghan armed forces' 203rd Mansouri Corps in Paktia released a video depicting fresh forces being dispatched to areas near the border. On 1 March, the PAF conducted airstrikes in Kabul with locals reporting hearing sounds of explosions and gunfire in several parts of Kabul, including
Darulaman, and areas near the airport and
Kārte Naw. According to residents, Pakistani fighter aircraft began patrolling and conducting intermittent strikes at about 20:30 local time on 28 February; explosions and gunfire were reported until about 06:00 the following morning. Residents also report hearing sound of explosions and gunfire around
Shash Darak neighborhood. Shash Darak is home to several Afghan government and intelligence facilities, including Directorate 40 of the Taliban's intelligence service and offices of the Urban Development Ministry. Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said that air-defense fire had been directed at Pakistani aircraft over Kabul and advised residents not to be alarmed. Later that day, the PAF carried out airstrikes on
Bagram Airfield. According to local Afghan sources, the airstrikes were carried out by at least three aircraft, with several explosions being heard. Taliban officials claimed Pakistan's fighter jets attempted to bomb the base but were repelled by anti-aircraft fire and that no damage was sustained. However, satellite imagery published by
The New York Times showed a hangar and two warehouses at the base had been destroyed. Pakistani officials later confirmed the strike on Bagram and said it also destroyed military supplies. Taliban claimed that three people including a woman were killed by Pakistani airstrikes in
Nangarhar and
Paktia. On the same day, armed clashes broke out between Taliban and Pakistan border guards along the
Torkham border crossing. Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said that clashes in border areas of Nangarhar, Paktia, Khost, and Kandahar provinces killed 32 Pakistani soldiers and wounded dozens more. The ministry did not provide figures for casualties among Taliban forces. The ministry also said it had carried out airstrikes on Pakistan's military sites in
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and
Balochistan, without specifying the type of aircraft or aerial equipment used. Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting rejected the claim and described it as false, stating that no evidence such as satellite imagery, flight data, ground footage, or eyewitness accounts had been provided to substantiate it. In Pakistan's
Mohmand District, a drone crashed at Governor Model High School, causing no casualties or significant structural damage. Following the incident, Pakistani officials temporarily closed a number schools close to the border areas. Four civilians were wounded in
Chitral District as a result of cross-border fire from Afghanistan. This strategic territory, near the
Kandahar Province, is known as the Ghudwana enclave. At night, local resident in
Herat province said that fighter jets were patrolling the skies of the province. In
Islam Qala, residents reported hearing two explosions as aircraft flew over. At the same time, armed clashes resumed between Taliban and Pakistan border guards along the border area of
Angoor Adda. On 2 March, the PAF conducted airstrikes in Kabul which where confirmed by Taliban officials. According to Afghan local sources, the PAF also carried out airstrikes in parts of
Panjshir,
Kapisa, and Nangarhar provinces. In the provinces of Panjshir and Kapisa, local sources reported that, for the third consecutive night, they had heard aircraft, explosions, and ground-to-air gunfire. According to residents, scattered gunfire was also heard in the area known as Darband Mountain, which connects Panjshir, Kapisa, and
Parwan. While in Nangarhar province, Pakistan's warplane bombed a Taliban-led Afghan armed forces' border brigade near the provincial capital Jalalabad. No detail was released about the possible casualty and Taliban officials did not comment on the matter. in southern Afghanistan was the site of repeated clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces On the same day, Pakistani officials stated that, since the start of hostilities, 435 Afghan Taliban fighters had been killed and more than 630 others had been injured. They added that 188 tanks and armoured vehicles had been destroyed, 31 Afghan military posts had been captured, and 51 locations across Afghanistan had been targeted in air strikes. Pakistani security sources also told
Reuters that Pakistan's forces had destroyed ammunition depots in
Khost and
Jalalabad, as well as a drone storage site in Jalalabad, among other targets. Pakistani officials stated that they were in no hurry to end Operation Ghazab Lil Haq, and that attacks inside Afghanistan would continue until Taliban officials provided credible guarantees that they were taking action to prevent the activities of the TTP in Afghanistan. In
Landi Kotal, an artillery shell fired by Taliban forces fell near a residential compound, injuring 4 civilians. Elsewhere, fighting resumed along the border areas of Afghanistan's
Spin Boldak and Pakistan's
Mohmand districts. Two Pakistani soldiers were injured in a drone attack in Dera Ismail Khan District. A police constable was killed in a militant attack in
Tank District and another in
Mardan District. Taliban officials did not release any official details regarding these airstrikes. A PAF airstrike was also reported in Afghanistan's
Nuristan province. On the same day, a spokesperson for the Taliban-led Afghan government stated that, in the past 24 hours Taliban forces had attacked Pakistan's border outposts along the provinces of Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan, Khost, Paktika and Paktika. According to the spokesperson, since the start of the hostilities, Taliban forces had killed more than 150 Pakistan's troops, injured 200 others, and destroyed 40 border outposts belonging to Pakistan. Afghan MoD claimed that three Pakistani personnel were killed and one was captured in an attack on Pakistani forces in
Spin Boldak. As per the spokesperson, 110 Afghan civilians had been killed, while 120 others had been wounded. The spokesperson added that Pakistani attacks in Afghanistan have damaged public facilities, mosques, and houses. The spokesperson also said that Afghanistan has approached
Russia,
China, the
European Union, and
United Kingdom to help end the war. The spokesperson warned that as long as Pakistan's attacks inside Afghanistan will continue, Taliban forces will keep on responding. A spokesperson for Taliban-led Afghan Ministry of Defense said that Taliban forces has the ability to block Pakistan's air operations inside Afghanistan. Pakistani officials claimed that since the start of hostilities, 464 Afghan Taliban personnel had been killed and more than 665 others had been injured. They added that 188 checkposts had been destroyed, 31 posts captured, 192 tanks, armoured vehicles, and artillery pieces destroyed, and 56 locations across Afghanistan targeted in air strikes. Pakistani officials also said that they had carried out intelligence based operation Bannu district against Pakistani Taliban, injuring multiple militants. In
Lakki Marwat district, a Pakistani Taliban commander was killed by Pakistani forces, while in
Tank district, a Pakistani police constable was shot dead by militants. Elsewhere, armed clashes between Taliban and Pakistan's border guards resumed along the border areas of Khost, Kunar, and Zabul provinces. According to Afghan local sources, clashes in Zabul province caused casualties among Taliban forces and destroyed several border outposts belonging to Taliban forces. In Torkham Border Crossing area, Pakistan officials state that they foiled an infiltration bid and killed an Afghan Taliban commander, identified as Qahraman, along with several of his associates. Pakistan claimed to have killed 67 Talban fighters as they attempted attempted assaults at 16 different locations in northern Balochistan, 27 were killed and several others wounded meanwhile a Frontier Corps soldier was killed and five were injured. 40 more Taliban fighters were killed in an attempted assault in KP. On 4 March, armed clashes between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards continued in the border areas of Zabul, Kandahar, Khost, and Kunar provinces. An Afghan media outlet quoting local sources in several provinces report that many of the Pakistani strikes in recent days appeared to have targeted Taliban military facilities. They also reported that, over the previous week, the military corps of the Taliban-led Afghan armed forces in Nangarhar province had been struck by the PAF. On the same day, the PAF carried out multiple airstrikes in Kandahar targeting the Taliban-led Afghan armed forces' air brigade, the third battalion of the border police, and the
205 Al-Badr Corps. Taliban officials had not commented on the reports of airstrikes on military sites in Kandahar province. Pakistani troops attacked and destroyed Taliban border checkpoints in
Zabul Province inflicting losses. A cylinder bomb attack on
Miranshah camp killed two government officials. An Afghan media outlet reported that the Taliban were forcibly recruiting and deploying fighters, including civilians, from northern and northeastern Afghanistan to front lines along the Pakistan border, sometimes using financial incentives. It said that many were sent without their families' consent, causing concern among residents. The outlet also reported that the Taliban had restricted access to information from war zones while conducting propaganda campaigns and organizing anti-Pakistan protests in northern provinces, which saw limited public participation. It further reported that the Taliban had recently detained two brothers from Parwan province following their expulsion from Pakistan, and told their family that they would be required to fight in the war against Pakistan. According to the report, the two were separated from their parents at the Torkham Border Crossing, and their family had been unable to prevent their forced recruitment. The outlet said the case reflected broader difficulties faced by deported Afghan refugees, including insecurity, lack of legal support, and the risk of forced conscription. Pakistani officials state that since the start of hostilities, 481 Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed and more than 696 others injured. They also said that 226 border outpost of Taliban forces had been destroyed and 35 others captured by Pakistani security forces. In addition, they stated that 198 tanks, armoured vehicles, and artillery pieces had been destroyed, and that 56 locations across Afghanistan had been targeted in air strikes. Elsewhere, armed clashes once again resumed in Nangarhar province between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards. On 5 March, armed clashes were reported between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards in parts of Khost, Paktia, Paktika, Kunar, Nangarhar and Kandahar provinces. The clashes were described as sporadic exchanges of fire along sections of the Afghanistan–Pakistan border. In the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, local sources reported that four Afghan civilians had been killed in strikes by Pakistani forces. Taliban officials have not confirmed the casualties in Spin Boldak district. In Kabul, residents report hearing sounds of scattered gunfire in parts of the city. In Pakistan's
Miranshah, two civilians were killed and one was injured when a missile fired from an unidentified direction struck the Governor Cottage in Cantonment area. In Mohmand district, three civilians were injured when a mortar shell fired by Afghan forces landed on a house. Pakistan claimed to have killed 12 TTP insurgents in an operation in
Harnai District. The same day, Taliban-led Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense said that over the past 24 hours, 41 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and 53 others had been wounded in the clashes with Taliban forces. The Ministry added that the Taliban forces had destroyed 12 military post and shot down three reconnaissance drones of Pakistan over the past day. The Ministry also said that they have carried out airstrike on a military base in Pakistan province of Balochistan. Pakistani officials stated that they targeted 41 border outpost belonging to Afghan Taliban forces and Pakistani Taliban, resulting in heavy casualties and material losses. Pakistani officials also added that they had destroyed an ammunition depot and headquarters of
205 Corps brigade headquarters in Kandahar. According to Afghan local sources, Taliban were moving tanks, military equipment, and weapons from
Takhar and
Badakhshan to Kabul amid the conflict with Pakistan. They further add that outposts and checkpoints in parts of northern Afghanistan had been evacuated following the redeployment of Taliban forces from these areas to border regions.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) state that an estimated 115,000 people in Afghanistan and around 3,000 people in Pakistan have been displaced as result of border clashes. Afghans in several cities sent pictures and messages to an Afghan media outlet saying that they were threatened and forced by Taliban to participate in demonstration against Pakistan. Some Afghans in Bamyan province said local businessmen were warned that if they did not participate in the protests, "their shops would be sealed." On 6 March, armed clashes resumed along the border between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards. Taliban officials said that they had launched an attack on Kharlachi border crossing in
Dandpatan district of Paktia province, while sharing pictures of their attack. The Taliban-led Afghan Ministry of Defense said, over the previous 24 hours, Taliban forces had attacked 28 locations in the border areas of Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kunar, Khost, Paktia, and Paktika provinces, killing 109 Pakistani soldiers and injuring 148 others. The ministry added that 10 military vehicles and two drones of Pakistani forces were also destroyed, while three Taliban soldiers were killed and nine others were wounded during the same duration. The ministry also said that seven civilians were killed and 13 other were injured as a result of Pakistani attacks in Afghanistan. The ministry added that, since the start of the conflict, Taliban forces had captured and later destroyed 64 Pakistan Army check posts and seven bases, killing 307 Pakistani soldiers and injuring more than 350 others. Meanwhile, Pakistani officials stated that since the start of conflict, 527 Taliban forces were killed and 755 others were injured. Pakistani officials added that Pakistani attacks had targeted 62 locations across Afghanistan, while Pakistani forces had destroyed 237 Taliban outposts, captured 38 Taliban strongholds, and destroyed 205 Taliban tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces. A Taliban spokesman said that three people were killed and three were wounded in Pakistani strikes on
Paktika Province and destroyed 10 houses, 14 shops, two markets, and a mosque.
UNAMA reported that from 26 February to 5 March, 56 civilians were killed and 129 others were injured in Afghanistan as result of armed clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban. UNAMA also urged both sides to take urgent measures to protect civilians. A person was killed and 19 others, including two military personnel were injured in a suicide VBIED attack by
Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group on the Bannu–Miranshah road. On the same day, some tribal elders and former military personnel in Afghanistan's border provinces said that the Taliban had asked them to support its conflict with Pakistan and to organize public protests against the country. Afghan local sources in Panjshir said the Taliban were moving heavy military equipment, including weapons and vehicles, into mountainous areas to protect them from potential Pakistani airstrikes. Local sources in
Bamyan, sharing a photo of a helicopter that had landed in a civilian area of Bamyan airport near residential homes, said the Taliban had also hidden Black Hawk helicopters, armoured vehicles and heavy weapons in different parts of Bamyan. The sources expressed concern that these actions were endangering civilians.
Third week (7–13 March) On 7 March, Pakistani officials stated that they had carried out air strikes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, destroying several Afghan Taliban positions. The officials added the airstrikes inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban forces, forcing them to abandon and flee from those positions. Meanwhile, Taliban officials said that Pakistani forces had bombed the provinces of Paktia, Paktika, Khost,
Maidan Wardak, and Kunar, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to homes and shops. Taliban officials did not comment on the casualties suffered by their forces. Taliban officials also urged the
United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to take action to stop Pakistan's attacks. They cited recent strikes on several Afghan provinces, civilian casualties, displacement, and the expulsion and harassment of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, and called on the UNSC to help end the situation. Taliban officials in Torkham border crossing area said that Pakistan's attacks have destroyed at least 150 shops, resulting heavy financial losses for Afghan business owners. In Nangarhar province, residents state that the Taliban had forced them to participate in a protest against Pakistan in Jalalabad, in some cases by offering cash payments. Three Policemen were killed and 31 people including five Policemen and 26 civilians were wounded in an IED attack targeting a police patrol in Wana. Elsewhere, Pakistani security forces carried out intelligence-based operation in five districts of the country, killing 13 Pakistani Taliban militants. In Pakistan's
North Waziristan, two civilians were killed and three others were injured when a mortar shell fired by Taliban forces landed in a village. A child was killed and his 11 family members were wounded in a quadcopter strike in
South Waziristan. Two militants were killed in a Pakistani precision airstrike in Bannu District. On the same day, China's special representative for Afghanistan, Yu Xiaoyong, told Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that China had contacted Pakistan and was working to reduce tensions between the Taliban and Pakistan. On 9 March, Taliban officials said that they had destroyed a border outpost of Pakistani forces in the
Goshta District of Nangarhar province. On the same day, Pakistani officials stated that their ground forces had destroyed an Afghan Taliban border outpost along the border, while the PAF destroyed an ammunition depot at Shaheen Base in Paktika province. On the same day, Pakistan's Information Minister said that Pakistan's military operations inside Afghanistan were aimed at militant hideouts and did not target civilian areas. He said the strikes were based on precise intelligence, dismissed casualty figures released by the Taliban as fabricated, and argued that United Nations reports of civilian casualties relied largely on information provided by the Taliban administration. On 10 March, Pakistani officials stated that they had destroyed important posts and centers of Taliban forces in the Arandu and Kurram sectors, forcing them to abandon their positions. Taliban officials said that Pakistani forces had carried out strikes in parts of Paktika, Paktia, Khost, and Nuristan provinces, killing three civilians and injuring three others. In Pakistan's Mohmand district, Pakistani Taliban militants clashed with police, resulting in no casualties on either side. A soldier was killed and eight injured in a militant attack in
Kurram District. In border areas adjacent to Shawal in
North Waziristan, Pakistani officials stated that they had targeted and destroyed another Taliban border outpost. Pakistani officials also said that since the onset of hostilities, at least 641 Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed and more than 855 injured. According to them, Pakistani forces had destroyed 243 check posts, captured and subsequently destroyed 42 more, destroyed 219 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns, and carried out air strikes on 65 locations across Afghanistan. Chinese Foreign Minister
Wang Yi, during a telephone conversation with his Pakistani counterpart, said that China resolutely supported Pakistan's fight against terrorism. He added that Chinese officials were working with Taliban and Pakistani officials to find a path toward reconciliation. On the same day, an Afghan media outlet reported that Taliban were looking for a mediator to help end the conflict with Pakistan. Later that day, local sources report that Pakistani forces carried out artillery attacks in parts of Khost province. Taliban officials confirmed the attacks but said that the attacks injured 2 Afghan civilians and destroyed a number of houses. On 12 March, Pakistani officials stated that their military forces targeted and destroyed several Taliban border outposts along the border. Pakistani officials also released images of their attacks which appeared to show multiple posts being hit by air strikes. However, Taliban officials said that Pakistani forces shelled parts of Khost and Kunar provinces, killing four civilians and injuring three others. Taliban claimed to have conducted drone strikes on a Pakistani fort and a command center in Kohat, claiming to have inflicted casualties. Pakistani officials denied Taliban's spokesman allegations and stated that PAF targeted Taliban military sites and infrastructure in the provinces of Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia. They said the strikes hit facilities linked to
313 Corps and an ammunition depot in Kabul, the Tarawo training center and logistical infrastructure, including a fuel depot, in Kandahar, and the Sher-e-Nau militant camp in Paktia. Pakistani officials also stated that since the start of conflict, at least 663 Afghan Taliban operatives had been killed and more than 887 injured. According to them, Pakistani forces had destroyed 249 check posts, captured 44 more, destroyed 224 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery guns, and carried out air strikes on 70 locations across Afghanistan. On the same day, Taliban-run Afghan Ministry of Defense said that they launched drones attack targeting military sites in
Kohat, claiming to have inflicted significant losses. Later on, the ministry said that it had used two drones to strike a military facility near Islamabad. Pakistani officials denied the Taliban officials' claims and said that rudimentary drones had been intercepted and shot down in Kohat and Islamabad, injuring two civilians. They attributed the attacks to the Pakistani Taliban. In Pakistan's provincial capital of
Quetta, two civilians were injured as result of falling debris from an intercepted drone, while in Lakki Marwat, six Pakistani police personnel were killed in a roadside bomb blast. The attack in Lakki Marwat was the deadliest in Pakistan since the onset of hostilities, although no group claimed responsibility for it.
Fourth week (14–18 March) On 14 March, the Taliban-run Afghan Ministry of Defense said that Taliban forces had captured a Pakistani border outpost, killing 14 soldiers and injuring 11 others. The ministry also added that they destroyed an armored tank and a military vehicle of Pakistani forces. However, Pakistani officials denied allegations made by Afghan Ministry of Defense, terming them false, fabricated and aimed at misleading the Afghan public. According to Pakistani officials, the damages and losses suffered by the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban were being regularly documented, with related video and photographic evidence shared with the media. Elsewhere, Pakistani security forces killed six Pakistani Taliban militants in Lakki Marwat. Later that day, Pakistani officials stated that the Pakistan Air Force had carried out airstrikes on five military bases in Kandahar, including the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI), Haibatullah Akhundzada's special forces unit, the border command, a tunnel, and a Taliban technical equipment warehouse. Pakistani officials added that the targeted military sites had been destroyed and released videos and images of the strikes in Kandahar. Locals in Kandahar told an
Agence France-Presse journalist that military aircraft had flown over a mountain housing a military facility before an explosion was heard. Afghan locals also reported an airstrike in Spin Boldak District, while armed clashes resumed between Taliban forces and Pakistani border guards in Khost. However, a Taliban spokesperson claimed that no one had been hurt in the airstrikes and that they had caused only limited damage to a drug rehabilitation centre and an empty container. A police constable was injured while repelling a militant attack on a police post in
Dera Ismail Khan District. , pictured here in 2014, was struck by Pakistan on 16 March On 15 March, Pakistani officials said that Taliban forces fired mortars from across the border into Bajaur, killing four civilians and injuring a child. Taliban claimed that a civilian was killed in Pakistani artillery strikes on Nuristan Province. Pakistani officials stated that since the onset of hostilities, Pakistan's armed forces had killed 684 Afghan Taliban operatives and militants and injured more than 912 others. They added that the operation destroyed 252 posts, captured and destroyed 44 more, destroyed 229 tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery guns, and targeted 73 sites across Afghanistan. In Pakistan's Kohat district, Pakistani security forces killed 6 militants of Pakistani Taliban. In Afghanistan's Paktika province, Taliban officials said that they shot down a reconnaissance drone of Pakistani forces. Pakistani forces killed a senior TTP commander in Dera Ismail Khan District. A police inspector Zareen Taj was wounded in a militant attack in
Peshawar District and two security personnel were kidnapped from
Tank District. Taliban claimed that Pakistani strikes on Khost province killed four civilians and wounded nine, and destroyed civilian infrastructure in Kunar and Paktika province with 43 rounds being fired into Shkin district. A militant attack on a police post in
Bannu District was repulsed by police forces. Following the strikes, Afghanistan claimed that a Pakistani airstrike
struck the Omid Addiction Treatment Hospital in
Kabul, reportedly killing over 200 people, mostly drug addicts undergoing treatment at the drug rehabilitation facility. Pakistan denied the claims and said that it had only targeted Taliban military installations. While the health ministry spokesperson maintained that there were "more than 200 martyrs and more than 200 injured," deputy government spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat claimed death toll was at least "double" that, with 250 wounded.
Zabihullah Mujahid declared it a "crime against humanity". A quadcopter strike in
Bannu District wounded four civilians. Pakistan's information minister said the ceasefire would run from midnight on 19 March to midnight on 24 March. and that two civilians were killed in shelling in Nuristan Province. On the Pakistani side meanwhile, a civilian was killed and three wounded in an Afghan mortar attack on
Kurram District. On 23 March, TTP militants kidnapped six people from
Orakzai District. Taliban claimed that a civilian was killed and three were wounded in Pakistani artillery shelling in Kunar. On 25 March, Faridun Samim, a spokesperson for the Taliban governor in Nuristan said that Pakistani forces were attacking vehicles attempting to enter
Kamdesh and
Bargi Matal, forcing the closure of roads to both districts while Taliban authorities sought an alternative route. Afghan local sources had earlier reported that daily Pakistani shelling had made access to the areas difficult. According to those sources, around 40 Taliban fighters had been killed in clashes with Pakistani forces, although the figure was not officially confirmed, and Taliban forces had dispatched two battalions to eastern Nuristan to prevent the border districts from being left undefended. Residents said that communication routes in eastern Nuristan, particularly in Kamdesh and Bargi Matal, had been closed for about 20 days due to clashes and Pakistani attacks, causing severe food shortages and seriously affecting daily life. Since the closure of roads, Taliban have been airlifting essential supplies to effected areas. Locals in Nuristan also said that the road between Kunar and Nuristan had been closed, and that Pakistani soldiers targeted anyone travelling along the route. Residents of Kunar and Nuristan state that while artillery attacks had occurred in the area for years, road closures and airstrikes had been relatively rare in the past. Meanwhile, an Afghan media outlet, citing a Pakistani official, reported that Pakistani security forces had taken control of several strategic border posts. The official said the positions had been secured because of their tactical importance and elevation, and stated that Pakistan's aim was not to seize Afghan territory but to prevent cross-border infiltration and protect vulnerable areas inside Pakistan. However, Enayatullah Khwarizmi, a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Defense, said that all areas on the Afghan side of the border remained under Afghan control and that the Afghan armed forces were committed to defending every inch of the country's territory. He added that efforts were ongoing to secure and defend remote and hard-to-reach areas. Also, on 25 March, two TTP militants were killed in a CTD operation in
Tank District. On 27 March,
BBC Dari citing satellite imagery, reported that Pakistan had fenced off 32 square kilometers of land in
Paktika province, raising speculation that it may have occupied the area. According to BBC Dari, no visible fence line could be seen on 20 March, but by 23 March satellite imagery showed a new fence that had been built 12 kilometers inside Afghan territory. BBC Dari also reported that, after the completion of the first fence line, a second fence was built at the mouth of the same area, more than 13.5 kilometers inside Afghan territory. However, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said that Mali Khan Siddiq, the deputy army chief of the Afghan armed forces, had visited border areas in Paktika and dismissed claims that Pakistani forces had occupied Terwa district as false propaganda.
Naseer Ahmad Faiq, Afghanistan's acting
Permanent Representative to the UN, said that if reports of Pakistan seizing Afghan territory were true, they would amount to "naked aggression" and should be condemned in the strongest terms. He added that any occupation of Afghan land would be illegal under international law, violate the UN Charter and Afghanistan's territorial integrity, and that Afghanistan's sovereignty was non-negotiable. On the same day, Taliban officials released a video that they said showed Taliban forces demolishing a Pakistani military post in Kunar province, which they claimed to have captured earlier. Pakistani officials denied Taliban claims and said that military post lacks identifiable features of a Pakistani installation, such as the national flag or proximity to the international border fence. They further asserted that the demolished structure was an Afghan facility located within Afghan territory, not a Pakistani military post. On 28 March, tribal elders and residents of Nuristan urged Taliban authorities to reopen roads that had been closed for weeks, which residents attributed to Pakistani artillery shelling. Taliban officials pledged to address the issue, but said the closures were caused by natural factors. Residents described the situation in the Kamdesh and Bargi Matal districts as siege-like and warned that, if it continued for another week or two, it could lead to a humanitarian emergency and increase the risk of the districts falling to Pakistani forces. The closure of communication routes in districts of Nuristan, together with continued Pakistani artillery attacks in parts of Kunar and Nuristan, raised concerns among observers. Some suggested that the moves may have been intended to open a route or connection line for Taliban opponents in northern Afghanistan. Mohammad Azam Nuristani, a political activist from Nuristan, said that the Taliban lacked the ability to reopen roads closed by Pakistani forces and were preventing residents from speaking publicly about the issue. He also said, citing images and other sources, that Pakistan had seized a strategic point in Nuristan and was seeking to prolong the conflict on Afghan soil through Khost and Nuristan. On the same day, Pakistani officials stated that, since the start of Operation Ghazab-lil-Haq, terror-related incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had fallen by 65%. According to officials, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 240 terror-related incidents before the operation, which declined to 80 following the start of the military operation, Punjab Counterterrorism Department also claimed to have captured 36 "suspected terrorists" including two Pakistani Taliban. A policeman and two militants were killed, three policemen and four militants were injured in two engagements in
Bannu District. TTP killed two
Federal Constabulary in Kohat District. On the same day, Afghan Foreign Minister,
Amir Khan Muttaqi, said Afghanistan wanted to resolve tensions with Pakistan through dialogue and mutual understanding. He added that Afghanistan had taken serious measures to ensure its territory was not used against Pakistan and said its military actions were defensive. Pakistan's Defence Minister, Khawaja Asif, implicitly confirmed that indirect talks with the Afghan Taliban were taking place through third-party mediators, although he described the process as unstructured and informal. He added that if the efforts failed to secure peace, Pakistan could return to its previous approach and escalate military operations in parts of Afghanistan. Pakistani military claimed to have killed 10 TTP militants in an operation in
Khyber District and three more in Bannu. On 31 March, Taliban and Pakistani forces clashed in Dangam District of Kunar Province. On 2 April, Pakistani officials said that they foiled infiltration bid along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, killing eight militants and capturing significant amount of weapons and ammunition from the deceased militants. On the same day, Taliban and Pakistani officials confirmed that they were holding preliminary talks mediated by China in the city of
Ürümqi. Pakistani officials described the talks as working-level and said that they had sent their mid-level delegation to take part in the talks. On the same day, three civilians were injured in Pakistani drone strikes in Paktika Province and two civilians were injured in a drone strike in Khost Province, and , two civilians were killed and 25 wounded in more than 155 mortar and artillery strikes in Kunar province. On 3 April, Taliban officials said that two civilians were killed and 25 others were injured as a result of Pakistani forces cross-border strikes in parts of Eastern Afghanistan. On the same day, Pakistani Taliban carried out a
vehicle borne suicide bombing in the vicinity of a police station, killing five civilians and injuring police personnel and civilians. 37 insurgents were killed and more than 80 wounded, in a failed infiltration attempt across the border in
North Waziristan. On 5 April, Taliban officials stated that between 22 February and 3 April, at least 761 civilians were killed and 626 others injured in attacks attributed to Pakistani forces. Taliban officials did not clarify whether any Taliban members were included among the casualties or what specific targets were struck. According to the officials, Pakistani forces fired approximately 15,000 mortar rounds and rockets into Afghanistan during this period. The reported affected regions included Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Paktika, Nangarhar, Khost, Kunar, Laghman, and Nuristan. In addition to human casualties, Taliban authorities reported significant damage to civilian infrastructure, including around 1,140 homes, 13 religious schools, 13 public schools, three health centers, 34 mosques, and 42 vehicles. On 6 April, an Afghan media outlet, citing tribal elders and local residents, reported that Taliban forces had abandoned several border posts in Nuristan and Kunar following recent clashes with Pakistani forces. The abandoned positions were said to be located in the Bari Kot area of Nari district, as well as in parts of Bargi Matal and Kamdesh. According to the report, Taliban fighters who withdrew from the posts took shelter in village mosques. Some tribal elders from these area accuse the Taliban of failing to maintain security in the border areas and of spreading misinformation about their presence. They say that Taliban members travel by helicopter to district centres in order to create the impression that the group remains active in the region. On the same day, Abdul Haq Fida, spokesperson for the 203 Mansoori Corps, stated that Taliban fighters had attacked and destroyed a border outpost belonging to Pakistani forces near Khost, killing four Pakistani soldiers. Two policemen and a security guard were killed in two separate skirmishes in Bannu District. On 5 and 6 April, Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged artillery strikes near the Zoram Fort in North Waziristan. On 7 April,
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that around 100,000 people from Bargi Matal and Kamdesh district of Nuristan lack access to humanitarian aid. According to OCHA, residents cannot access markets or health services and face severe shortages of food and medical supplies due to the closure of roads caused by cross-border fire from Pakistani border guards. Local residents said they had repeatedly appealed to Taliban authorities for help, but no concrete action had been taken, and warned that they might seek assistance from Pakistani forces if the situation continued. On the same day, Afghanistan's foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, said that useful discussions had taken place between Taliban and Pakistani officials and expressed hope that minor differences in interpretation would not hinder progress in the negotiations. Meanwhile, Pakistani officials said that they had put forward three core demands to Taliban representatives: that Afghanistan formally designate Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as a terrorist organisation, dismantle its infrastructure, and provide verifiable proof of these actions. Pakistani officials also said that military operations in Afghanistan would continue until militant safe havens there were eliminated. Five policemen were injured in an IED attack by TTP in Lakki Marwat District.
Seventh week (8–14 April) On 8 April, the Taliban-run Afghan foreign ministry stated that talks with Pakistani officials in China had concluded and described the discussions as constructive. Chinese officials said that representatives of Pakistan and the Taliban had agreed to work toward an early easing of tensions and to avoid actions that could escalate the situation. Pakistani officials did not comment on the outcome of talks. On the same day, Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's foreign minister, said while meeting with diplomats from Central Asian states that the group would not permit Afghan territory to be used by any group to threaten neighboring states. Although he did not name any organisation, he said the presence of such elements anywhere was unacceptable and that the Taliban intended to deal with the matter. He also stated that the Taliban were committed to easing tensions with Pakistan through dialogue and said he hoped the talks would produce positive outcomes. However, on 9 April, Mohammad Naeem Wardak, the Taliban's deputy foreign minister, said that talks between Pakistani and Taliban officials in China had ended without agreement and attributed their failure to Pakistani officials. On 10 April, local elders in Kunar and Nuristan said that Taliban border forces had withdrawn from several border posts in Bari Kot in Nari district, Kunar, and in Kamdesh district, Nuristan, and had taken shelter in village mosques. They said that roads leading to Kamdesh and Bargi Matal through Nari had been blocked, possibly to hide the withdrawal from border positions. Local sources said that Pakistani and Taliban posts were located close to each other. It was unclear why the Taliban had withdrawn or whether heavy Pakistani shelling had forced the evacuation. Some elders said that the Taliban lacked the logistical capacity to maintain their forces and had withdrawn out of fear of Pakistani attacks. Others accused the group of misleading the public and the media by using helicopters to visit district centres in order to create the impression that it still controlled the border areas and that the roads remained open. Militants killed a policeman in Peshawar. On 12 April, a soldier was killed and four wounded in an IED attack in
Bannu District. Two TTP militants were killed in a drone strike in Lakki Marwat District. On the same day, local elders in Nuristan said that residents of Kamdesh and Bargi Matal districts were facing severe food shortages because of prolonged road closures. They warned of a possible humanitarian crisis if food was not delivered by air and said that the Taliban had neglected the situation. According to the elders, roads to the districts had been closed for nearly two months because of cross-border fire by Pakistani forces, and Taliban authorities had neither reopened the routes nor built alternative roads as promised. Residents said that food supplies in local markets had been exhausted, and warned of a shortage of wheat and medicine in health centres. Later on the day, the roads leading to Kamdesh and Bargi Matal districts were temporarily reopened following a meeting between tribal elders of these districts and tribal elders of Pakistan's
Chitral district. A polio vaccination team was attacked by militants in
Hangu District with the subsequent clash resulting in the death of two militant whereas a policeman was killed and four more were injured. On 14 April, Punjab CTD claimed to have captured 16 "suspected terrorists" including a TTP suicide bomber.
Eighth week (15–22 April) On 15 April, tribal elders from eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan's Chitral district reached an agreement to reopen key routes linking
Kamdesh and
Barg-i Matal in Nuristan after nearly two months of closure caused by firing from Pakistani border guards. The talks were held on the Pakistani side of the border, at a Pakistani military facility, and did not include Taliban representatives. Under the agreement, both sides committed to a ceasefire across areas including
Nari, Kamdesh, Bargi Matal,
Arandu, and Chitral. Local elders also said Pakistani forces asked communities not to allow Pakistani Taliban to shelter in the area, and that if anyone did so, local people should stand against them. On the same day, Pakistani officials said that three civilians were killed and three others were injured in artillery shelling carried out by Taliban forces in border areas of Pakistan's Bajaur district. Pakistani officials said the shelling was intended to support an infiltration attempt, which was foiled by Pakistani border guards, destroying a gun position and inflicting heavy casualties to Taliban forces. CTD also claimed to have killed two militants in Peshawar. Clashes and clearence operations in
Hangu district led to two militants being killed and several injured while a policeman was killed and another was injured. Two Federal Constabulary personnel were also killed by militants in Bannu District, the same day. On 20 April, Taliban forces opened fire on a suspected Pakistani unmanned aircraft in
Zaranj,
Nimruz province, killing one Afghan civilian and injuring another. The victims were travelling in a vehicle in the city when they were struck by bullets fired by the Taliban forces. According to an Afghan media outlet, Pakistani aircraft have repeatedly patrolled Afghan airspace over the past two months, promoting Taliban forces to fire at them, which in some cases has resulted in casualties and damage to Afghan civilians. Two TTP militants and a policeman were killed in a clash in Lakki Marwat. On 21 April, Pakistani military claimed to have carried out an operation in
Khyber District killing 22 TTP militants while a child was also killed in the crossfire. On 22 April, local Afghan sources reported that Pakistani forces carried out mortar strikes targeting Asadabad, provincial capital of Kunar province. Earlier, local Afghan sources said that the villages of Kochi, Shahbaz and Koremar in Kunar province were targeted by artillery strikes carried out by Pakistani forces. Elsewhere, border areas of Paktika province were also subjected to cross border shelling by Pakistani forces, according to local Afghan sources. No casualties were reported in these attacks, and Taliban officials did not comment on them.
Ninth week (23–29 April) On 24 April, TTP attacked a police station in
Dera Ismail Khan District using heavy weapons damaging the station and nearby buildings. On 26 April, three civilians were wounded in a Taliban artillery attack at Zalulkhel area in South Waziristan. In response, Pakistan claimed to have destroyed Taliban firing positions and foiled infiltration attempts. On 27 April, seven people were killed and 85 others were injured in Pakistani strikes in
Kunar province, including a strike on the
Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University in the provincial capital of
Asadabad. Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat stated that Afghanistan regarded the strikes as "grave and inexcusable war crimes, a blatant act of brutality, and a provocative action." Afghanistan's higher education ministry claimed that about 30 students and professors were injured. Pakistan denied any responsibility in the attacks. Three children were injured in a quadcopter strike targeting the house of a PMLN leader in
North Waziristan. On 28 April, Pakistan claimed to have destroyed multiple Afghan Taliban posts and vehicles in Chaman sector. On 28-29 April, Pakistani forces claimed to have killed eight militants attempting to infiltrate the border in
Mohmand District and five more in
North Waziristan. On 29 April, five civilians were wounded in Taliban shelling on
Angoor Adda. Police foiled an attack on a post in
Bannu District killing six militants.
Tenth week (30 April-present) On 30 April, two security personnel were killed in a militant attack on a police post in
Lakki Marwat District. On 1 May, two soldiers were wounded in a quadcopter strike from Afghanistan on their position in
Mohmand District. In
Bannu, a constable was killed and a civilain was wounded in a rocket attack on an armored vehicle. Militants killed Malik Saifullah, a tribal leader in
North Waziristan leading to heavy skirmishes between the militants and the tribesmen. A quadcopter strike from Afghanistan on a cricket ground in Bajaur district, injured three civilains. == Censorship ==