Iran may send forces to Pakistan to free border guards

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Dubai: Iran said on Monday it would send forces into Pakistan to free five border guards said to have been kidnapped by militants if Islamabad did not take measures to secure their release.

According to Iranian media reports, the guards were seized on February 6 in the Iranian province of Sistan-Balochistan by militants who allegedly took them across the border to Pakistan.

“If Pakistan doesn’t take the needed steps to fight against the terrorist groups, we will send our forces into Pakistani soil. We will not wait for this country,” Iranian Interior Minister Abdul Reza Rahmani-Fazli was quoted as telling the semi-official Mehr news agency.

A Sunni insurgent Iranian group calling itself Jaish Al Adl (Army of Justice) had claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, according to a Twitter account purporting to belong to the group.

The account’s authenticity could not be immediately verified.

The area where the kidnappings took place has a history of unrest, with the mainly Sunni population complaining of discrimination by Iran’s Shiite authorities, a charge Iran denies.

Iranian security forces have also fought drug traffickers in the region that borders Pakistan and Afghanistan…. see more

source: gulfnews

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