Iran closed its border with Pakistan following the Taftan attack. PHOTO: FILE
QUETTA: Iranian border forces fired 24 rockets that landed two kilometres west of a Frontier Corps (FC) post in Washuk, Balochistan, an FC official said on Monday.
No casualties have been reported, confirmed FC spokesperson Khan Waseh. According to him, over two dozen rocket launchers were fired from the Iranian side, which landed in an area 60 km south east of Mashkel tehsil of Washuk district. FC troops fired mortar rounds and LGM fire in retaliation.
Earlier in the day, Iran closed its border with Pakistan for an indefinite period following an attack in Taftan, which claimed the lives of 30 Shia pilgrims.
Correction: Earlier version of the story mistakenly mentioned 'rocket launchers fired' instead of 'rockets fired'.
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@Gurion: I suspect his commander too landed in Pakistan!!
I hope the Iranian soldiers do not have a tradition of holding hands or the entire unit might be in Pakistan by now
@Gratgy:
I suspect his commander too landed in Pakistan!!
Look what Pakistan has turned into. Serves the leaders right for letting religion take centrestage. It will only get worse if modern education is not imparted.
@ModiFied: "...Or Pakistan has decided to implode." Sounds funny, no country decides about imploding.
@ ET "Or Pakistan has decided to implode ?" Why is ET interested in publishing anti-Pakistan comments?
very immature of iran to do this. obviously they were enraged by the shia killing in taftan and trying to show their displeasure. this will further play into the hands of the anti-shia terrorists.
ET where is my comment?
@Zaid Hamid: Afghanistan does not have a border fence because they do not recognize the Durand Line. Otherwise Afghanistan or the US would have built a fence by now. Even when the Taliban government was aided and abetted by the Pakistani establishment, they could not persuade the Taliban to accept the Durand Line.
@ali: Really! You don't have power to light a single bulb & talking about "N"
@Ilya: Not only Iran but India, China & Pakistan also. Make it like fortress of medieval era. So nobody can come in or go out.
@Ghulam: So you can guard them with all might to display only. It is like having teeth but rotten with meth.
@Gratgy: ref. your comment: I am in splits mate ! :D just loved these lines..
@Ilya: I think whole International community must build a wall like Berlin wall all around Pakistani border.
@Gurion: Simple. Glue the rocket to the launcher, press the trigger and watch it fly…..
Let's hope the soldier does not glue his hand as well
@Gratgy:
Simple. Glue the rocket to the launcher, press the trigger and watch it fly.....
Err I dont understand , Pak and Ind are fighting , Pak and Afghanistan are fighting , Pak and Iran are fighting , so Pak is friends with which neighbour FGS ?
@Rehan Living in Denial mode, Creating amazing conspiracy theories, Blame others for own problems, Calling itself "Thekedar of Ummah", That describes Pakistan
@Zaid Hamid: Afghanistan also has built a long wall on its border with Pakistan.
What world are you living in? Pakistan has been trying for years to get the Afghan border fenced but it has proven to be physically impossible, and the cavemen in Afghanistan destroy any attempt at fencing because of their so-called ego over Durand Line. If the Afghan government really wanted to take an initiative towards fencing, Pakistan would leave no haste in leading the way and getting that whole god forsaken border sealed.
Lets bomb Iran,Afghan and India with our nukes and teach them a lesson that Pakistan is the most powerful nuclear power in the world
fire some back. Nobody fears Iran on this side of the border, they are now stuck and being bled in Syria, and this may be punishment for Pak's pro-saudi stance, and the fact that we wont be importing gas from them, we definitely dont fear India, Afghanistan or whoever else wants some. This is likely to have been a decision not made by Tehran, but by some local commander. Fire some back i say.
Commenters are all unrealistic, the problem is NOT IRAN it is PAKISTAN! The recent attack at Karachi Airport has shown but Pakistan leadership is blind and does NOT CARE anyway. Every country fears of the instability within Pakistan. Iran should definitely close their border with Pakistan as Saudi Arabia does try to create problems for them in that area with the help of their slaves in Pakistan. Nawaz Sharif does not care, he is protected just like Zardari with their bunkers.Unless Sharif goes Pakistan will continue to collapse and have security problems.
Pakistan is trapped from all sides. Influence of india is increasing in iran and afghanistan. America is now backing iran instead of saudi arabia and making iran closer to india that means against Pakistan. So we should develop our foreign policy and security forces strong to deal with all this.
its about time that Pakistan should consider Iranian regime as ENEMY number 1 and act against them, we are not just a nuclear power to kill our own people
@ModiFied: What do you mean "Pakistanis?" Each one of these situations is different.
India is a horrible neighbor who seeks to destabilize Pakistan and is actively courting a corrup and inept Afghan regime to do so. That's a fact.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are fighting a proxy war in Pakistan, as they are in Syria, this is also a fact.
The dead in Karachi's airport are casualties of America's war on terror in Pakistan and decades of insititutional blindness to a refugee crisis.
Things aren't as simple as you'd like them to appear.
Pak will get better and inshallah iran will apologise
@Ilya Iran has already built a large wall on its border with Pakistan! Google for "Iran-Pakistan Barrier" to know more!
Afghanistan also has built a long wall on its border with Pakistan. Also, India has multiple barriers including a big wall. It is pretty much self-explanatory how much Pakistan is loved by its neighbours.
We have lost our trust with our neighbors being a state for the center of terrorism. Iron will not ever tolerate its borders to be violated and breached by terrorists unlike Pakistan.
@Freakonomist: Rocket launchers are not fired.
Not sure... By the same logic, do you suggest guns can't be fired, only the bullets?
ET, correct your news, rockets are fired using launchers. Rocket launchers are not fired. RPGs (rocket propelled grenades) are normally used in such cases!
Good, let them. they will probably wipe out the terrorists that killed the Shia pilgrims. Obviously our people can't protect their own countrymen
Iranian border forces fired 24 rocket launchers
Does Iran fire rockets or rocket launchers?? How does one fire a rocket launcher??? Do they use a rocket launcher launcher?
What a joke. The Americans, the Afghans and now the Iranians are violating our sovereignty.
Why have nukes anyways?
Good for Iran.
Do you have any neighbors that haven't accused you of allowing terrorist to hide out in Pakistan --- nope.
And, we call Iran a friendly country.
So basically we are at war with Iran now?
Time to defuse tension with our neighbor ASAP!!!
Firing from and into Afghanistan, firing at LOC , firing all over Pakistan and now from Iran also. Do Pakistanis still think that whole world is wrong and they are right ? Or Pakistan has decided to implode ?
"firing rocket Launchers" is like throwing rifles at the target instead of shooting it. What kind of uneducated and unprofessional writting is this. They didn't fire launchers- they must have fired Rockets - Not Launchers! Oh God.