Revenge after Iranian attack
Pakistan attacks targets in Iran
January 18, 2024, 5:30 a.m
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After an Iranian air strike that killed two children in Pakistan, the neighboring country is attacking targets in Iran, according to the secret service. The media there is reporting explosions in the border area. There are said to be numerous deaths.
Pakistan says it has attacked extremists in Iran after an Iranian airstrike on its territory. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spoke of “targeted military precision attacks against terrorist hideouts in the Iranian province of Sistan-Balochistan” in the southeast of the neighboring country. Several “terrorists” were killed. A Pakistani intelligence official had previously told the AFP news agency that the attacks were aimed at “anti-Pakistani militant groups” in Iran.
Meanwhile, Iranian state media reported that three women and four children were killed in explosions in the southeast of the country. The Mehr news agency spoke of a “drone and missile attack” on the city of Saravan, which is located in the Sistan-Balochistan province bordering Pakistan. The Irna news agency had previously reported explosions around the city.
Pakistan accused Iran on Wednesday of killing two children and injuring three others in an airstrike on its territory. In response to the attack, the government in Islamabad recalled its ambassador to Tehran.
Iran: Attack targeted terrorists
Iran spoke of an attack against the Sunni jihadist group Jaish al-Adl on Pakistani territory. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said the attack was not directed against Pakistanis. Pakistan and Iran repeatedly accuse each other of allowing extremists to carry out attacks on the other country from their territory.
Jaish al-Adl was founded in 2012 by former members of a radical Sunni movement. In recent years, the group has carried out several attacks in Iran, where it is classified as a terrorist organization. In December, the group claimed responsibility for an attack that left eleven dead on the police headquarters in the city of Rask in southeastern Iran.