Iran fires mortar shells into Pakistan

Pakistan shares a 900-kilometre long porous border with Iran

ANI  |  Islamabad 

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Mortar shells were fired into Pakistan's territory from across the Iranian border, reports Samaa TV.

shares a 900-kilometre long porous border with and the two countries had in 2014 decided to boost intelligence coordination to wipe out terrorists from the border region.

Work on the Rs 20 million Gate in Taftan along the Pak-border was completed in 2016.

This border crossing point is the oldest trade route to and and thousands of foreigners and locals travelling to and by road each year use this crossing point.

Recently, the ties between the two neighbours got stressed after ten Iranian border guards were killed at Mirjaveh on the border by the Pakistan-based Sunni terror outfit, Jaish al-Adl or "The Army of Justice".

Iranian police said the guards were killed by long-range guns and called on to assume ultimate responsibility for the crime.The province in south-east has long been plagued by drug smuggling gangs and separatist militants.

Iran fires mortar shells into Pakistan

Pakistan shares a 900-kilometre long porous border with Iran

Pakistan shares a 900-kilometre long porous border with Iran
Mortar shells were fired into Pakistan's territory from across the Iranian border, reports Samaa TV.

shares a 900-kilometre long porous border with and the two countries had in 2014 decided to boost intelligence coordination to wipe out terrorists from the border region.

Work on the Rs 20 million Gate in Taftan along the Pak-border was completed in 2016.

This border crossing point is the oldest trade route to and and thousands of foreigners and locals travelling to and by road each year use this crossing point.

Recently, the ties between the two neighbours got stressed after ten Iranian border guards were killed at Mirjaveh on the border by the Pakistan-based Sunni terror outfit, Jaish al-Adl or "The Army of Justice".

Iranian police said the guards were killed by long-range guns and called on to assume ultimate responsibility for the crime.The province in south-east has long been plagued by drug smuggling gangs and separatist militants.
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