Three minors injured and two children killed. This is what Iran apparently provoked in Pakistan yesterday, with " illegal air strikes ". Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Iran's representative to Islamabad to protest "an unjustified violation of its airspace ." As announced by the ministry in a statement, "this violation of Pakistan's sovereignty is totally unacceptable and can have serious consequences ."
Islamabad's statement did not specify where the Iranian attack occurred, but several Pakistani social media accounts reported explosions in Baluchistan province, where the two countries share a nearly 1,000-kilometer border. The Iranian state agency Nour News reported that the attack destroyed the Pakistani headquarters of the jihadist group Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice), included by Tehran in its blacklist of terrorist groups. The initiative came about after Iran launched a missile counter-offensive against "spies' headquarters" and "terrorist" targets in Syria and the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. More fuel added to the crises in the Middle East, between the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and the attacks by the pro-Palestinian Houthi rebels in Yemen against commercial ships transiting the Red Sea.
An episode, the one reported by Pakistan, which has precedents : Tehran and Islamabad often accuse each other of allowing rebel groups to operate from their respective territories to launch attacks , but it is rare for the official forces of the two countries to intervene. “What is even more worrying is that this illegal act occurred despite the existence of several communication channels between Pakistan and Iran,” the ministry added. From China came the invitation to the two countries to "exercise moderation". We ask both sides – underlined Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning during the daily briefing – to avoid actions that would lead to an escalation of tension and to work together to maintain peace and stability ."