Overview
- Security officials said the campaign, paused for Eid at the request of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Türkiye, resumed after the break ended at midnight March 23–24.
- The military describes the operation as an intelligence-led effort to hit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Islamic State Khorasan leaders, facilitators and logistics in areas run by the Afghan Taliban.
- An unnamed senior source told Dunya News that any future suspension depends on zero attacks originating in Afghanistan and on no new militant groups forming there.
- Officials urged the Afghan Taliban to stop sheltering or backing proxy networks and said strikes will continue until stated objectives are reached.
- Reporting in The Express Tribune notes that months of cross-border clashes since October 2025 caused deaths, damage to infrastructure and a halt to trade after key crossings closed on October 12, 2025.