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Fact-check: Real-time X searches show extensive discussion of 'Operation Ghazab Lil Haq,' with official Pakistani accounts like PTV News reporting on COAS briefings, airstrikes targeting Taliban positions across Afghanistan including Kabul and Kandahar, high casualties claimed, aligning with the article. Time Magazine and Guardian articles confirm the strikes on Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Defence Minister's 'open war' declaration, and disputed 133 Taliban deaths, citing ministers' X posts and no contradictions in current reporting.

Pakistan Declares 'Open War' With Afghanistan, Strikes Kabul and Kandahar

Time Magazine reports that Pakistan has launched sweeping airstrikes on Afghan cities including Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia province under an operation dubbed 'Operation Ghazab Lil Haq,' with Pakistan's Defence Minister formally declaring the two nations are in a state of 'open war.' Islamabad claims at least 133 Taliban fighters were killed in the strikes, a figure the Taliban government in Kabul flatly denies. According to The Guardian International, the strikes shatter a fragile ceasefire in

Pakistan Declares 'Open War' With Afghanistan, Strikes Kabul and Kandahar

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