ET Bureau | New Delhi :
The day India carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control, Iranian Border Guards attacked Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region, sparking speculation whether it was a coordinated Indo-Iranian move amid warming ties.
It has been learnt that Iranian forces fired three mortars into Balochistan area of Pakistan, taking the Pakistani Army by surprise. It kept a section of the Pakistani Army engaged on the western borders on the fateful night. Pakistan upgraded deployment of forces at its western border after the incident.
The Pakistani Army is yet to ascertain the reason behind the sudden move by the Iranian Border Guards, pointed out asource who did not wish to be identified. “Mortar shells fired by Iranian border guards landed in the district of Panjgoor,” a Balochistan provincial government official said. Two of the shells landed near Frontier Corps check-post, while the third landed at Killi Karim Dad.
The day India carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control, Iranian Border Guards attacked Pakistan’s restive Balochistan region, sparking speculation whether it was a coordinated Indo-Iranian move amid warming ties.
It has been learnt that Iranian forces fired three mortars into Balochistan area of Pakistan, taking the Pakistani Army by surprise. It kept a section of the Pakistani Army engaged on the western borders on the fateful night. Pakistan upgraded deployment of forces at its western border after the incident.
The Pakistani Army is yet to ascertain the reason behind the sudden move by the Iranian Border Guards, pointed out asource who did not wish to be identified. “Mortar shells fired by Iranian border guards landed in the district of Panjgoor,” a Balochistan provincial government official said. Two of the shells landed near Frontier Corps check-post, while the third landed at Killi Karim Dad.
