Pakistan announced it had killed “terrorists” in an attack on Iran

Pakistan announced on Thursday January 18 that it had taken this action “Strike on terrorist hideouts” In Iran, two days after an Iranian attack on its territory killed two children.

“This morning, Pakistan launched a series of highly coordinated and highly targeted precision strikes on terrorist hideouts in Sistan and Balochistan provinces.” In southeastern Iran, announced in a conversed Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The official Iranian agency IRNA gave information about this “Explosion heard in some areas around Saravan city”near the border with Pakistan, citing an official in Sistan and Baluchistan where the Iranian army has been fighting a decades-long covert insurgency.

“Pakistan fires missiles at village near border”Iranian public television reports. “Three women, four children, all of non-Iranian nationality, killed”She added Alireza Marhamati, deputy governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province.

Pakistan claims that a “Many terrorists killed”, He states that he is of Pakistani origin. “Over the past few years, as part of our engagement with Iran, Pakistan has consistently expressed serious concerns about the safe havens and sanctuaries enjoyed by self-styled Pakistani-origin terrorists.Explains, in its press release, the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “This morning’s action was taken in the light of credible intelligence of imminent large-scale terrorist activities”Adds text.

Pakistan has recalled its ambassador from Iran

According to Pakistani media, the Iranian attack on Tuesday evening took place near Panjgur in the southwest of Balochistan province (west), where Pakistan and Iran share a 1,000 kilometer border. In response to this strike by the Islamic Republic on its territory, Pakistan – which described the attack “totally unacceptable” – Recalled its ambassador to Iran and decided not to return the Iranian ambassador, who is currently in his country.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullah asserted that the Islamic Republic’s armed forces had targeted Iran. “Iranian Terrorist Group” Jaish al-Adal (Army of Justice) in Pakistan. The group, formed in 2012, has carried out several attacks on Iranian soil in recent years, including the death of eleven police officers in December 2023. On Wednesday, Jaish al-Ad announced that it had killed a member of the revolutionary group. Guards in the south-east, according to the IRNA agency.

Iran and Pakistan often accuse each other of allowing insurgent groups to operate from each other’s territory to carry out attacks, but official forces from either country are rarely involved.

On Tuesday, Iran also launched missile attacks on what the Islamic Republic described as its headquarters.“the spy” and goals “terrorists” in Syria and autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan.

The strikes come as the Middle East is rocked by war between the Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip and attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, backed by Tehran, against commercial ships in the Red Sea.

As the United States condemned the Iranian attack, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller condemned the fact that Tehran “In recent days violated the sovereign borders of its neighbors”.