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| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two episodes in a volatile area of Iran near the country’s border with Pakistan have left eight border guards and three militants dead, news agencies reported on Tuesday. | |
| The border guards were killed on Monday in Sistan-Baluchistan Province, the semiofficial Iranian news agency Fars reported, adding that a Sunni extremist group, Jaish ul-Adl, or the Army of Justice, had claimed responsibility for the attack. | The border guards were killed on Monday in Sistan-Baluchistan Province, the semiofficial Iranian news agency Fars reported, adding that a Sunni extremist group, Jaish ul-Adl, or the Army of Justice, had claimed responsibility for the attack. |
| The militant group, which has been carrying out a program of harassment — derailing trains and conducting assassinations and bombings — killed the border guards when clashes broke out as they were trying to cross into Iran from Pakistan, Fars reported. | |
| Pakistani officials said on Tuesday they were still trying to determine exactly what had happened. “We are still confirming facts,” said Tasnim Aslam, the spokeswoman for the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | Pakistani officials said on Tuesday they were still trying to determine exactly what had happened. “We are still confirming facts,” said Tasnim Aslam, the spokeswoman for the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. |
| In a separate attack on Monday, the state-run IRNA news agency of Iran reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had broken up a “terror team affiliated to foreign spy services.” | In a separate attack on Monday, the state-run IRNA news agency of Iran reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had broken up a “terror team affiliated to foreign spy services.” |
| Three gunmen were killed and two were wounded, IRNA reported, and the Revolutionary Guards confiscated weapons, munitions and equipment including about 440 pounds of explosive materials. | Three gunmen were killed and two were wounded, IRNA reported, and the Revolutionary Guards confiscated weapons, munitions and equipment including about 440 pounds of explosive materials. |
| A Pakistani security official was killed by Iranian security forces in October, escalating tensions, and the border area between the two countries has remained volatile in recent months. Iran has said that Sunni militants based in Pakistan have staged attacks in Iran. Pakistan has asked for more evidence and sought assurances of greater border cooperation. | A Pakistani security official was killed by Iranian security forces in October, escalating tensions, and the border area between the two countries has remained volatile in recent months. Iran has said that Sunni militants based in Pakistan have staged attacks in Iran. Pakistan has asked for more evidence and sought assurances of greater border cooperation. |
| Pakistan has accused the Iranians of entering Pakistani territory at least twice last year, and it has protested mortar attacks by Iranian forces. | Pakistan has accused the Iranians of entering Pakistani territory at least twice last year, and it has protested mortar attacks by Iranian forces. |
| The situation along the border has added to the security concerns of Pakistan, which also faces tensions with its northwestern neighbor, Afghanistan, and with India to the east. | The situation along the border has added to the security concerns of Pakistan, which also faces tensions with its northwestern neighbor, Afghanistan, and with India to the east. |