{"id":121612,"date":"2026-03-01T13:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=121612"},"modified":"2026-03-01T13:47:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T08:47:48","slug":"minister-says-operations-against-afghan-taliban-continue-unabated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/121612\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister says operations against Afghan Taliban continue &#8216;unabated&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad(National Times)- Federal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal has refuted social media reports that Pakistan halted its operations against Afghan Taliban. \u201cThe reality is the opposite. In view of the current regional situation, sharing Pakistan Air Force and drone footage with the media has been temporarily stopped. The purpose of this decision is to safeguard national security and operational strategy, not to halt the operations,\u201d he wrote in a post on X. \u201cOperations continue unabated,\u201d Fazal said, adding that the operation against terrorist elements was \u201cadvancing with full intensity and wisdom\u201d. Earlier, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar said that the security forces have killed 331 combatants of the Afghan Taliban regime and more than 500 injured so far in Operation Ghazab lil-Haq. In a post on X on Saturday morning, the federal minister stated that during the ongoing operation, 104 check posts of the Afghan Taliban were destroyed while 22 were taken over by Pakistani forces. He further claimed that Pakistani forces had destroyed 163 tanks and military vehicles belonging to the Afghan Taliban. The minister noted that around 37 locations across Afghanistan were also targeted by air, effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad(National Times)- Federal Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal has refuted social media reports that Pakistan halted its operations against Afghan Taliban. \u201cThe reality is the opposite. In view of the current regional situation, sharing Pakistan Air Force and drone footage with the media has been temporarily stopped. 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