U.N., U.S. call for calm after Iran, Pakistan trade strikes on militants
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The United Nations and the United States appealed for restraint after Iran and Pakistan traded deadly air strikes on militant targets on each other’s territory
The United Nations and the United States appealed for restraint on January 18 after Iran and Pakistan traded deadly air strikes on militant targets on each other's territory.
The rare military action across the porous border between the heavily armed neighbours has further stoked tensions already enflamed by the Israel-Hamas war.
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Pakistan's strikes against militant targets in Iran early on Thursday came two days after similar Iranian strikes on its territory, and prompted Tehran to summon Islamabad's envoy.
At least nine people were killed in the strikes in restive Sistan-Baluchistan province, most of them women or children, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.
They came after Iran carried out raids on what it described as "terrorist" targets in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least two children.
While Iran and nuclear-armed Pakistan often accuse each other of allowing militants to operate from the other's territory, cross-border operations by government forces have been rare.
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