Pakistan on Thursday hit hideouts of terrorists inside Iran which has already violated the country’s airspace the other day.
The Inter-Services Public Relations shared the details about operation Marg Bar Sarmachar in a news release that said “the precision strikes were carried out using killer drones, rockets, loitering munitions and stand-off weapons.”
Maximum care was taken to avoid collateral damage, it added.
“Hideouts used by terrorist organisations namely Balochistan Liberation Army and Balochistan Liberation Front were successfully struck in an intelligence-based operation, code name ‘Marg Bar Sarmachar’,” the statement mentioned.
The targeted hideouts were being used by notorious terrorists including Dosta alias Chairman, Bajjar alias Soghat, Sahil alias Shafaq, Asghar alias Basham and Wazir alias Wazi, amongst others.
“Pakistan Armed Forces remain in a perpetual state of readiness to ensure safety of Pakistan citizens against acts of terrorism,” it said while reiterating the Pakistan Army’s resolve to ensure that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan are respected and safeguarded against any misadventure, remains unwavering.
“We reaffirm our determination to defeat all enemies of Pakistan with the support of the people of Pakistan,” it added.
The ISPR said dialogue and cooperation were deemed prudent in resolving bilateral issues between the two neighbouring brotherly countries.
Meanwhile, the Foreign Office also confirmed the strikes on the Iranian border after Tehran violated its sovereignty and launched a strike in Balochistan that left two children dead and injured three girls.
“This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
“This morning’s action was taken in light of credible intelligence of impending large scale terrorist activities by these so called Sarmachars,” read the statement.
Earlier, Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran while the ambassador of Iran, who is currently in his country, was told to stay in his home country.
The FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch told the media that caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar will cut short his visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Iran.
“He has decided to cut short his visit in view of the ongoing developments,” she added.
Islamabad also announced suspending all high-level visits that were ongoing or were planned between Pakistan and Iran in the coming days.
Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani Wednesday told his Irani counterpart that no country should follow its path of launching an attack on a neighbouring nation’s soil against the menace of terrorism unilaterally.
China urged the escalation in the conflict while the United States condemned the Iranian strikes in Pakistan, Iraq and Syria, with State Department spokesman Matthew Miller saying Tehran had violated the “sovereign borders of three of its neighbours in just the past couple of days”.
