Pakistan claims destruction of 27 military posts and occupation of 9
Musharraf Zaidi, spokesman for Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, said that Pakistani forces have so far destroyed 27 Afghan Taliban military posts and captured 9 in operations.
He also said that more than 80 Taliban tanks, artillery and armored personnel carriers (APCs) were destroyed in the operation, BBC reported.
Pakistan claims 133 Taliban killed in army operation
Pakistan launched attacks on the Afghan capital Kabul and the city of Kandahar. Later, the country's Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif declared an "open war" against Afghanistan in a post on social media, Al Jazeera reported.
Pakistani Prime Minister's spokesman Musharraf Zaidi told X Post that a total of 133 Afghan Taliban have been killed and more than 200 injured in Pakistani forces' operations so far. However, the BBC could not verify this.
At 4:18 am today (Thursday night), Khawaja Mohammad Asif wrote in a post, "Pakistan has made every effort to normalize the situation directly and through friendly countries. Full diplomatic efforts have been made."
The Defense Minister further wrote, 'Our patience has broken. Now we are at open war with you.'
Al-Jazeera's correspondent in Kabul, Nasser Shadid, said that Pakistani forces dropped bombs in Kabul at 1:50 am local time today. Later, another bomb was dropped. However, initially there were no reports of casualties.
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