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'Unprovoked' mortar fire by Iran's forces kills one in Balochistan's Panjgoor
[DAWN] A person was killed and two others injured when mortar shells, reportedly fired by Iranian border guards, hit a vehicle in Panjgoor district of Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... near Pak-Iran border on Sunday. A senior district administration official, who wished not be named, told DawnNews that Iranian border guards reportedly fired nine mortar shells into Pak territory. "One mortar shell hit a civilian vehicle near the Pak-Iran border in Panjgoor district," he said. The incident resulted in the death of one individual while two others were maimed who were rushed to nearby hospital for emergency medical treatment. "This was an act of unprovoked firing committed by Iranian border forces," the official said. Without any justification and in complete violation of our territorial integrity Iran fired mortar shells in Pak area, the officer maintained. Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations.... personnel also reached the spot as investigation into the attack went underway. Security was tightened around the border by Pak security forces after Iranian violation. Iranian border guards have been repeatedly firing mortar shells and rockets into Pak territory for the past few years. Islamabad has repeatedly lodged protest in the regard, but to no avail. Posted by: Fred 2016-12-19 |
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