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India-Pakistan
Non-state actors attacked Iranian checkposts: Sistan governor
2015-01-13
[DAWN] Aaqai Ali Osat Hashemi, the Governor of Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan, has said that there are no border disputes and tensions between Pakistain and Iran and some non-state actors were involved in attacks on Iranian checkposts and killing of soldiers across the border.

Addressing a presser along with 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...
Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch at the end of his two-day visit to Quetta on Sunday, Mr Hashemi said that Iran had requested the authorities in Pakistain to help in returning the bodies of Iranian soldiers killed in such attacks.

Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti, Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani, IG Police Amlish Khan and other bigwigs were present at the presser.

Governor Hashemi, who headed a high-level Iranian delegation, held meetings with government leaders and military officials, including Balochistan Governor Mohammad Khan Achakzai and Chief Minister Dr Baloch and discussed issues relating to trade, Death Eater attacks and mortar shelling by Iranian forces on Pak border areas. Views were also exchanged on the problem of smuggling.

Responding to a question, Mr Hashemi revealed that law and order have never been an issue in Pak-Iran border areas and both countries have not faced any threat from each other and will not face any in future.
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