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Border Guards Killings Fallout: Iran Says It Will Hit Terror Camps Inside Pakistan
Swarajya Staff
May 08, 2017, 06:00 PM | Updated 05:32 PM IST
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Iran said it will hit terror bases inside Pakistan following the killing of 10 of its border guards by a Sunni militant group from inside Pakistan.
The head of the Iranian armed forces warned Islamabad that it will retaliate if Pakistan government does not rein in Sunni militants who carry out cross-border attacks.
The Iranian border guards were killed last month, Iran said, by Jaish Al Adl with long-range guns.
"We cannot accept the continuation of this situation," Major General Mohammad Baqeri, the head of the Iranian armed forces was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
"We expect the Pakistani officials to control the borders, arrest the terrorists and shut down their bases."
"If the terrorist attacks continue, we will hit their safe havens and cells, wherever they are," he said.
Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Pakistan last week and asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to improve the border security. Pakistan assured Iran it would deploy additional troops along its border.
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