Iran conducts surgical strike inside Pakistan: frees two kidnapped border guards
–VINAYAK BAROT
New Delhi: Iran on Thursday late night informed the media that Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) has conducted a surgical strike inside Pakistan’s territory and freed two kidnapped border guards who were kidnapped by the Pakistani army in 2018.
The IRGC in its official statement quoted that “A successful operation was carried out last Tuesday night to rescue two kidnapped border guards who were taken as hostages by Jaish ul-Adl organization two and a half years ago.”
The Iranian army said that “The soldiers have been transferred back to Iran.”
According to the media report “On 16 October 2018 – Jaish ul-Adl organisation had kidnapped 12 IRGC guards to Pakistani territory in the city of Merkava in Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the border between the two countries.”
Military officials reportedly formed a joint committee between Tehran and Islamabad to free the kidnapped IRCG soldiers.
While five of the 12 soldiers were released in November 2018, the Pakistani Army rescued four on March 21, 2019.
Tehran has declared Jaish ul-Adl organization a terrorist organization which is waging an armed struggle against the Iranian government and it defends the rights of Baloch Sunnis in Iran, Media report says.
