After Iranian missile attack: Pakistan attacks targets in Iran
Published: Thursday, Jan 18th 2024, 09:30
Updated At: Thursday, Jan 18th 2024, 09:30
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Pakistan has apparently attacked targets in Iran with missiles in retaliation. The attacks in the province of Sistan and Balochistan on Thursday were aimed at extremists, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry announced.
According to the Iranian news agency Irna, a total of nine people, including four children, were killed.
As the Iranian news agency Tasnim reported, the chargé d'affaires of the Pakistani embassy was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to explain the incident.
On Tuesday, Iran attacked targets of the extremist Jaysh al-Adl in Pakistan. According to Pakistan, two children were killed in the attack.
Nuclear power Pakistan sharply criticized the attacks on its territory and therefore withdrew its ambassador from Tehran on Wednesday.
The mutual attacks followed recent positive developments in relations. Only on Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian and Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar met at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The neighboring countries had just held a joint naval exercise.
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