Pakistan recovers four abducted Iranian soldiers in Chagai hideout raid

Four abducted Iranian soldiers were recovered from a transitioning hideout during an operation in Balochistan’s Chagai district, about 3 to 4 kilometres in Pakistan from border with Afghanistan.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement yesterday that security forces conducted a successful intelligence-based operation (IBO) at Amori in Chagai district, about 3-4 kilometres away from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Terrorists of proscribed organisation were reported to have entered Pakistan from Afghanistan side along with abducted Iranian soldiers.
“After [an] exchange of fire, 4 Iranian soldiers [were] recovered from a transitioning hideout,” it said, adding that the soldiers are being handed over to Iranian authorities.
In November last year, Pakistani security forces had safely recovered five of the 12 Iranian border guards who were abducted by militants the previous month from Lulakdan area near the Pak-Iran border.
Jaish al-Adl, a terrorist group operating in the region, had claimed responsibility for their kidnapping.