ISLAMABAD: A group of militants targeted a Pakistani border post in the country’s southwestern Balochistan province from the Iranian territory, said the Pakistan Army’s media wing on Tuesday, adding that the country had informed the relevant Iranian authorities about the incident.
Last week, Pakistan’s counterterrorism police announced that a suicide bomber who tried to target a caravan of Chinese nationals in August had also arrived in the Pakistani port city of Gwadar from Iran.
The revelation came after the arrest of three members of the Balochistan Liberation Army, a proscribed separatist outfit, which had claimed the responsibility for the attack.
During the course of the interrogation, one of the suspects informed that the mastermind of the Gwadar attack was a resident of Chahbahar in neighboring Iran.
“Terrorists targeted a Frontier Corps border post from Iranian territory with Small Arms fire in general area Chukab, Balochistan,” the military said in its statement. “Due to fire, Sepoy Maqbool Shah of Frontier Corps embraced shahadat [martyrdom] while another soldier was injured. Iranian authorities concerned have been informed about the incident.”
Pakistan has frequently complained about militant attacks from Iran and Afghanistan in the past, making its officials fence its porous border with its two western neighbors.
The country’s top military officials have also maintained they have fenced a large portion of its western frontier, though the challenge of cross-border movement and such militant attacks continue.