At least three women and four children are killed in a missile attack by Pakistan on Iran’s southeast border region, state media reports.
“Pakistan attacked an Iranian border village with missiles,” Iranian state television says, adding that “three women, four children were killed, all non-Iranian nationals.”
Pakistan confirms it carried out strikes against targets in Iran, after Tehran launched attacks on Pakistani territory earlier this week.
“This morning Pakistan undertook a series of highly coordinated and specifically targeted precision military strikes against terrorist hideouts in Siestan-o-Baluchistan province of Iran,” a foreign ministry statement says, adding that a “number of terrorists were killed.”
“This morning’s action was taken in light of credible intelligence of impending large-scale terrorist activities,” the Pakistani government adds.
The attack comes after Iran confirmed carrying out strikes against “a terrorist group” late Tuesday in Pakistan — an attack that Islamabad said killed two children.
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