Calling Iran a “brotherly country”, Islamabad said that the action was a “manifestation of Pakistan’s unflinching resolve” to protect and defend its national security against all threats.
Islamabad: Following Iran’s deadly missile and drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan on Thursday launched air raids on militant targets within Iranian territory. This comes a day after Islamabad warned Tehran of “serious consequences” over its attack on the Baloch group Jaish al-Adl’s headquarters in its territory. According to the semi-official Young Journalist Club news agency, several missiles were launched from Pakistan’s direction hit a border village in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province. The official added that at least three women and four children were killed in one of the explosions, specifying that none were Iranian nationals.
“This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran,” the Pakistan Foreign Ministry said in an official statement.
Calling Iran a “brotherly country”, Islamabad said that the action was a “manifestation of Pakistan’s unflinching resolve” to protect and defend its national security against all threats. “The sole objective of today’s act was in pursuit of Pakistan’s own security and national interest which is paramount and cannot be compromised,” the Ministry said, adding that Islamabad “fully respects” the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iran.
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“Over the last several years, in our engagements with Iran, Pakistan has consistently shared its serious concerns about the safe havens and sanctuaries enjoyed by Pakistani origin terrorists calling themselves ‘Sarmachars’ on the ungoverned spaces inside Iran,” the statement read further.