Over 330 Militants Dead In Cross-Border Fighting, Says Pakistan
Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting, said that by 9 a.m. on Saturday at least 331 militants had been killed and more than 500 wounded in recent clashes.
In a statement posted on X on 28 February, Tarar said those killed included members of the Afghan Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and other armed groups.
He said Pakistani forces had destroyed 104 Taliban bases, seized 22 others and disabled 163 tanks and armoured vehicles.
Tarar added that airstrikes had been carried out at 37 locations inside Afghanistan.
According to Pakistani officials, the operations took place in the provinces of Nangarhar, Kandahar and Paktia , as well as in parts of Pakistan’s Chitral District.
