Conflicting reports emerged about a cross-border operation, conducted by Iranian forces in the Sistan and Balochistan province, with Iranian officials claiming the targets were Afghan-Tajik militants, while other sources suggest they may have been smugglers.
Iranian authorities said that 18 Afghan-Tajik “suicide bombers” were killed by security forces in an operation in the Rasik, Chabahar and Parwad areas. Brig Gen Mohammad Pakpour of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the militants entered Iran disguised as oil tanker operators. Meanwhile, Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, cited Pakistani news outlet The Khorasan Diary as saying that Pakistani and Iranian border forces conducted a joint operation against smugglers along the Iran-Pakistan border in Balochistan.
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Source: Dawn News
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