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Iran summons Pakistani ambassador over border killings |
2014-10-20 |
[DAWN] Iran has summoned the Pak ambassador and demanded immediate steps to stop attacks by "bully boyz and rebels" that sparked deadly festivities on the countries' border, state media reported Sunday. Noor Muhammad Jadmani was called to the foreign ministry on Saturday evening following the deaths in the restive border province of Sistan-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... , the official IRNA news agency said. Iranian Ambassador to Pakistain Ali Raza Haghighian was summoned to the Foreign Office in Islamabad the same day and Pakistain lodged a strong protest with him over the recent shooting which had killed two Iranian border guards and a Pak paramilitary officer on Friday evening. Iran claimed rebels had tried to infiltrate the country. |
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