{"id":7633,"date":"2026-02-27T19:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=7633"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:31:42","slug":"operation-ghazab-lil-haq-dg-ispr-says-over-270-taliban-fighters-killed-in-pakistans-retaliatory-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/27\/operation-ghazab-lil-haq-dg-ispr-says-over-270-taliban-fighters-killed-in-pakistans-retaliatory-strikes","title":{"rendered":"Operation Ghazab lil-Haq: DG ISPR says over 270 Taliban fighters killed in Pakistan\u2019s retaliatory strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"605\"><strong data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"284\">Rawalpindi :<\/strong> The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, on Friday announced that <strong data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"441\">Operation Ghazab lil-Haq<\/strong> has so far resulted in the deaths of <strong data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"495\">274 fighters<\/strong> associated with the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khwarij, while more than <strong data-start=\"569\" data-end=\"602\">400 others sustained injuries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"912\">In a briefing to the media, Lt Gen Chaudhry highlighted that the <strong data-start=\"672\" data-end=\"728\">Pakistani military has dismantled 73 enemy positions<\/strong> and captured <strong data-start=\"742\" data-end=\"779\">18 additional strategic locations<\/strong>. Early assessments indicate the destruction of <strong data-start=\"827\" data-end=\"850\">115 military assets<\/strong>, including tanks, armoured vehicles, and artillery systems.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"1169\">The DG ISPR explained that the conflict began when <strong data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1059\">Taliban forces fired upon 53 sites across 15 sectors along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border<\/strong>. Pakistani forces responded effectively, neutralising the attackers and regaining control of key positions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1446\">He added that during the operation, <strong data-start=\"1207\" data-end=\"1225\">22 major sites<\/strong> across Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Nangarhar, Khost, and Paktika were struck, all based on <strong data-start=\"1314\" data-end=\"1339\">verified intelligence<\/strong>. The strikes targeted <strong data-start=\"1362\" data-end=\"1393\">military installations only<\/strong>, and efforts were made to <strong data-start=\"1420\" data-end=\"1443\">avoid civilian harm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1645\">The offensive focused on <strong data-start=\"1473\" data-end=\"1500\">critical infrastructure<\/strong>, including corps headquarters, brigade and battalion command posts, sector offices, ammunition depots, logistical hubs, and militant hideouts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1839\">Lt Gen Chaudhry noted that <strong data-start=\"1674\" data-end=\"1736\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif received a detailed briefing<\/strong> on the operation, including the overall security environment and measures taken to foil enemy plots.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"1997\">He further warned that recent attacks and cross-border activities point to the involvement of a <strong data-start=\"1937\" data-end=\"1994\">\u201cmaster proxy\u201d orchestrating strikes against Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi : The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, on Friday announced that Operation Ghazab lil-Haq has so far resulted in the deaths of 274 fighters associated with the Afghan Taliban and Fitna al-Khwarij, while more than 400 others sustained injuries. In a briefing to the media, Lt Gen Chaudhry &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3219],"tags":[160,2294],"class_list":["post-7633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ispr","tag-headline","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7635,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7633\/revisions\/7635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}