Pakistan launches airstrikes against Iran

Published January 18th, 2024 - 04:09 GMT
Pakistan launches airstrikes against Iran
A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on January 18, 2024. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Pakistan announced responding to Tehran's attack and launched airstrikes against Iran on Thursday morning, media reports revealed.

Local Iranian media reported that the deputy security officer of Sistan and Baluchestan, said that explosions sounded on the outskirts of the city of Saravan, near the border with Pakistan.

IRNA said that the deputy security officer of the governor of Sistan and Baluchistan announced the death of seven non-Iranians near the Iranian border with Pakistan.

The official said three women and four children were killed in these explosions, which occurred at 4:50 a.m. on Thursday.

Last Tuesday, the Iranian military announced conducting missile and drone strikes on a "terrorist organization's headquarters" in Pakistan.

Iran's attack on Pakistan came following the recent attack following the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' claim of responsibility for ballistic missile strikes on targets in Iraq Syria and Afghanistan.

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