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Tehran [Iran], February 12 (ANI): Iran has slammed Pakistan for harbouring terrorists and terror outfits after Jaish ul-Adl, a Pakistan-based terrorist group, claimed responsibility for kidnapping Iranian soldiers.
Iran shares a nearly 1,000 km border with Pakistan. In recent years, Iran has witnessed several cross-border attacks carried out by Jaish al-Adl and other affiliated groups, which Iran considers as a terrorist group.
On February 5, the Iranian security forces conducted a surgical operation across the Pakistan border and rescued two of its soldiers from a terror camp, Greek City Times reported.
In October 2018, the Jaish ul-Adl, a Salafi jihadist terrorist organisations, kidnapped 12 Iran s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
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On February 5, the Iranian security forces conducted a surgical operation across the Pakistan border and rescue two of its soldiers from a terror camp.
In fact, in October 2018, the Jaish ul-Adl, a Salafi jihadist militant organization, kidnapped 12 Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
This organisation is carrying on an armed struggle against Iran and it is considered a terrorist group by Tehran itself.
The group is also mentioned in the Pakistan’s National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) list, in which the organisations considered to be terrorist by Islamabad are inserted and many of them are used to operate near the Iran-Pakistan border.