Pakistan Launches Massive Anti-Terror Border Operation — 29 Militants Killed in Air and Ground Strikes

VoS — ISLAMABAD / KABUL — Pakistan’s security forces have conducted a synchronized and highly intensive military offensive involving both strategic airstrikes and coordinated ground assaults along the nation's western border with Afghanistan. The sweeping counter-terrorism operation resulted in the elimination of at least 29 heavily armed militants, according to verified intelligence updates. Pakistan Information Minister Attaullah Tarar confirmed early Monday that the military actions were a swift and direct retaliation to recent multiple insurgent attacks that targeted domestic security assets across the country.

The high-tempo military campaign was triggered after fighters belonging to the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction, a prominent splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, launched a fierce raid against a Sindh Rangers paramilitary installation in the southern port city of Karachi. That complex assault left three paramilitary troops dead and four others wounded before security forces successfully neutralized the attackers. In response, Pakistani fighter jets and specialized ground teams targeted hideouts in the border regions of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar, eliminating 25 fighters via targeted aerial bombardments and killing four more during intense close-quarters ground combat.

The aggressive cross-border operational maneuvers have rapidly ignited severe diplomatic friction between neighboring states. In Kabul, Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid issued a harsh statement vehemently condemning the strikes as a cowardly act of external aggression, claiming that the military actions caused severe collateral damage and civilian casualties inside Afghan territory. Islamabad has consistently rejected these statements, reiterating its official stance that Kabul is actively harboring militant factions that orchestrate cross-border terror. With large caches of sophisticated weapons and ammunition destroyed, Pakistani forces remain on a state of maximum alert along the frontier.