Islamabad<\/strong>: Iran has launched airstrikes on Pakistan territory, apparently aimed at a Sunni militant group, in the latest sign of a wave of violence rolling across the Middle East and beyond.<\/p>\n The attack comes after Iran launched missiles\u00a0in northern Iraq and Syria Monday, in the latest\u00a0escalation of hostilities in the Middle East where Israel\u2019s ongoing war in Gaza risks spiralling into a wider regional conflict.<\/p>\n Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Ministry issued a strongly worded rebuke of the strikes, said the attack on its territory killed \u201ctwo innocent children\u201d and warned Iran of \u201cserious consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n The Iranian airstrikes inside Pakistan come weeks after Tehran accused Jaish al-Adl militants of storming a police station in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, which killed 11 Iranian police officers.<\/p>\n Iran said it used \u201d precision missile and drone strikes,\u201d to destroy two strongholds of the Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl.<\/p>\n Jaish al-Adl was founded in 2012 and largely operates across the border in Pakistan. The militants have claimed bombing and kidnapped Iranian border police in the past.<\/p>\n Iran has fought in border areas against the militants, but a missile-and-drone attack on Pakistan is unprecedented for Iran. Iranian reports described the strikes as happening in the mountains of Pakistan\u2019s Baluchistan province.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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