The number of Afghan soldiers killed in clashes with Pakistani forces has increased to at least 684, with more than 912 injured. Pakistani Minister of Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar announced this in X.
According to him, since the beginning of the operation, air strikes have been directed at 73 targets in the neighboring country. The Pakistani army has destroyed 252 Afghan checkpoints, and another 44 have been captured and destroyed. In addition, the Pakistani armed forces have destroyed more than 229 enemy armored vehicles.
On the evening of February 26, fighting on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border resumed. Kabul announced that it was conducting a military operation in response to recent Pakistani air strikes on Afghan territory. Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said his country and the Taliban government in Afghanistan are now in a state of open armed conflict.