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Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that these strikes were based on intelligence indicating imminent terrorist threats, and the operation used aircraft and missiles to target what Pakistan describes as terrorist hideouts. They claimed that approximately 20 militants were killed, including non-Iranian civilians—three women and four children. Iran, however, responded by condemning Pakistan’s strikes and summoned its top diplomat to protests.
Iran’s government downplayed the incident, stating that only Iranian militants were targeted, and that no Iranian civilians were harmed. The tit-for-tat escalation underscores a long-standing, complicated dispute over border security and militant activity, with each side accusing the other of harboring insurgents.