Iran calls for joint operation with Pakistan to secure release of abducted forces
Tehran (KNA) - Tehran has called on Islamabad to adhere to its commitments under bilateral security agreements days after Pakistan-based terrorists kidnapped a number of Iranian forces, emphasizing the need for a joint operation to determine their fate.
In a letter to his Pakistani counterpart, Shehryar Khan Afridi, on Wednesday, Iran's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli once again urged the neighboring country to spare no effort in securing the release of the abductees, who are reported to have been transferred to Pakistan.
Islamabad, he added, should fully honor its obligations under bilateral security agreements, which require it to prevent attacks targeting Iranian border posts from the Pakistani side.
Earlier this week, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said terrorists had kidnapped a number of Iranian forces, including local Basij volunteer forces and border guards, near the border town of Mirjaveh in the southeastern Province of Sistan and Baluchestan.
The IRGC did not give the exact number of those kidnapped, but Iranian media, quoting unnamed sources, put the number at 14.
Source: PressTV