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Pakistan launches retaliatory airstrikes in Iran, killing at least nine
Members of Muslim Talba Mahaz Pakistan chant slogans at a demonstration to condemn Iran strike in the Pakistani border area, in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 18, 2024
PAKISTAN’S air force launched retaliatory air strikes early today in Iran killing at least nine people.
The tit-for-tat attacks between Iran and Pakistan on Tuesday and Thursday have further heightened tensions across the region and was followed yesterday by an air strike on southern Syria which also killed at least nine people.
The attacks by the Iranian and Pakistani neighbours appeared to target two Baluch militant groups with similar separatist goals on both sides of the border.
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