The Pakistan Army has taken control of 19 Afghan border posts after unprovoked firing from across the Pakistan-Afghan border on Saturday. The captured posts have been secured, and the national flag has been hoisted over them.

According to security officials, Afghan forces began indiscriminate firing late Saturday night around 10pm, targeting several areas, including Angoor Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Upper Dir, Chitral, and Balochistan’s Baramcha sector. In response, the Pakistan Army launched a large-scale counteroffensive, deploying artillery, tanks, heavy weapons, and air assets.

The retaliatory operation reportedly struck multiple Taliban and Islamic State (Daesh) positions along the border. In the Kharlachi and Baramcha sectors, several Afghan border posts were destroyed. These included the Doran Meela and Turkmanzai camps in Kharlachi and the Afghani Shaheedan and Jandosar posts in Baramcha, which were reduced to rubble.

A drone strike targeted the Taliban’s Manojaba Camp No. 2 and its battalion headquarters, inflicting heavy losses and destroying the site entirely. Security sources said dozens of Taliban fighters and foreign militants were killed in the operation, while many others abandoned their positions and fled.

During the same offensive, Pakistani forces also destroyed the “Khurcher Fort,” described by intelligence officials as a key stronghold of the militant faction Fitnatul Khawarij.

Further reports indicated that an Afghan post in the Liew Band and Qila Abdullah sector was obliterated, while a border post in Afghanistan’s Kunar province opposite Bajaur was also demolished. The Turkmanzai Top and Afghan Turkmanzai camps were completely wiped out.

Video footage circulating from the battle zone shows the inside of destroyed Afghan posts, abandoned weapons, and burnt-out shelters. In one clip, an Afghan Taliban fighter is seen surrendering before Pakistani troops.

Security sources confirmed that dozens of Afghan personnel were killed, while many others fled their posts amid the heavy bombardment. No significant organised resistance was observed from the Afghan side.