Pakistan’ Army Conducts Airstrikes On Iran Border Areas

In the early hours of this morning, the Pakistani army carried out several airstrikes against some points inside Iran on two occasions around 04:30 and 06:00. This attack was carried out by ground-to-ground missiles, fighter jets and drones of the Pakistani Air Force against seven points in Iranian soil.

According to the Pakistani army, in these attacks, Pakistani Baloch terrorists and members of the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) were targeted, and no Iranian citizen was harmed in these attacks.

According to the Deputy Governor of Sistan and Baluchestan for Security and Law Enforcement Affairs, in Pakistan’s attacks on the border areas of Saravan County, nine people, including two men, three women, and four children all Pakistani migrant have been killed so far. No Iranian citizens were harmed in this attack.

Also, all of the attacks were carried out from outside the territory of Iran and no Pakistani fighter jets or drones entered the Iran’s airspace

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry, in a statement, called the purpose of this action an attack on the hideouts of the terrorist group Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and an attempt to defend Pakistan’s national security, stating that this country fully respects Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The Pakistani Foreign Ministry also added that it will continue its efforts to find joint solutions with Iran against terrorism. The Iranian Foreign Ministry has announced the summoning of the Pakistani embassy’s chargé d’affaires and has demanded an immediate explanation from the Pakistani government about this action. China and Turkiye have also called for restraint by both sides and have declared their readiness to reduce tensions between the two countries.

The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) terrorist group has also denied the Pakistani army’s claim about the presence of this group’s elements in Iranian soil and announced that none of the members of this group have been killed in Pakistan’s attacks.

Pakistan’s unjustified action in bombing Pakistani migrants in Saravan was carried out in response to the anti-terrorist attack of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on the positions of the terrorist group known as Jaish ul-Adl. Pakistan sees this act as a reciprocation of Iran’s action, but this escalation of tension can lead to further political and social turmoil in this country.

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The neighboring country in eastern Iran has been plagued by political and economic instability, as well as extremist ideologies, during its 77 years since its formation in 1947. Despite having a well-equipped military and intelligence agency, the internal turmoil has led to the nurturing of terrorists and the exploitation of various ethnic groups such as Pashtuns and Balochs by intelligence agencies from the UK and the US and more importantly Israeli Mossad.

The consequences of these issues have affected all neighboring countries, from Afghanistan to Iran and India. Therefore, the solution to this problem lies in the actions and reforms of the Pakistani government to rectify the internal structure of the country.

Iran’s preventive attack on Jaish ul-Adl terrorists in Pakistan may have been a wake-up call for the Pakistani government to find a swift solution to this matter. The reminder of this message in the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran is quite clear. Before the attack, after its attack and even after Pakistan’s attack on Iranian soil, Iran addressed Pakistan with a consistent and friendly and brotherly process and asked it to fulfill its previous security obligations. This fraternal tone of Iran should not be interpreted by Pakistanis as a message of weakness.

The power of terrorist groups like the Taliban, the Baloch Liberation Army, Lashkar-e-Taiba, etc., has increased due to the negligence of the Pakistani government and military, or the conflicting policies of security systems, and this insecurity is now manifesting itself in border conflicts with neighboring countries such as the Islamic Republic of Iran.