ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Saturday spent an entire day with soldiers posted near his country’s border with Iran and visited Kech where ten Pakistani soldiers were killed in a militant attack last week.
According to details, the soldiers lost their lives after their checkpoint in the area came under intense fire. One attacker was killed in the exchange of fire while three other militants were arrested in a follow-up clearance operation.
The army chief received a comprehensive briefing on the prevailing security situation in the area, Pakistan-Iran border fencing and measures taken to counter hostile efforts to destabilize the security situation in Balochistan.
“All terrorists shall be brought to justice and blood of the martyrs will not go to a waste,” the military’s public relations wing, ISPR, quoted him in an official statement. “Balochistan is the future of Pakistan and the progress and prosperity of this province means progress of the country.”
Pakistan has frequently witnessed militant attacks along its 959-kilometer border with Iran, forcing it to build a fence to protect its frontier regions.
Both Pakistan and Iran have repeatedly accused each other of allowing militants to cross border and carry out attacks against each other. Both states also deny any complicity in such incidents.
General Bajwa said the army would do everything to help the provincial administration of Balochistan achieve enduring peace and prosperity.
“The disruptive efforts by inimical forces won’t be allowed to succeed,” he said, adding: “Security, stability and prosperity of Balochistan shall be pursued and ensured at all cost.”
Earlier this week, Pakistan’s interior minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told an international media outlet that the country was likely to witness a surge in militant attacks in the coming days, though he maintained that the government was trying to deal with armed groups involved in such violent activities.
“There is a fear that terrorist incidents can increase in the next two months,” he said, “but we will be able to deal with this fresh wave of violence.”
Pakistan army chief visits troops in Balochistan after deadly attack near Iran border
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Pakistan army chief visits troops in Balochistan after deadly attack near Iran border
- General Bajwa’s visit comes days after ten Pakistani soldiers were killed in Kech district in southwestern Balochistan province
- Local commander briefs him on Pak-Iran border fencing and measures taken to counter efforts to destabilize the province
Gunmen kill 3 Revolutionary Guards in Iranian province bordering Pakistan
- Iranian state media says attackers ambushed patrol in Sistan and Baluchistan province before fleeing
- Border region with Pakistan and Afghanistan has long seen militant and smuggling-related violence
TEHRAN: Gunmen killed three members of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan near the Pakistan border, state media reported.
The Guard members were ambushed while patrolling near the city of Lar in a mountainous area about 1,125 kilometers (700 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
IRNA did not report whether any Guard members were injured in the attack.
The Revolutionary Guard is pursing the attackers it calls “terrorists,” but they remain at large. No group has taken responsibility for the attack, IRNA reported.
The province bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, one of the least developed in Iran, has been the site of occasional deadly clashes involving militant groups, armed drug smugglers and Iranian security forces.
In August, Iran’s security forces killed 13 militants in three separate operations in the province a week after the group killed five policemen who were on patrol.
