Pakistan launched a series of airstrikes inside Iran against what it said were “terrorist hideouts” early on Thursday, two days after Tehran conducted strikes on Pakistani territory.
“Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
It added that several militants were killed during the “intelligence-based operation,” without specifying the number.
The ministry said the strikes came in response to Iran’s “lack of action” over Pakistan’s concerns about safe havens in the Sistan and Baluchistan province used by armed militants of Pakistani origin who threaten Islamabad’s national security.
