Monday, October 26, 2009

Growing Tensions On The Iran - Pakistan Border

Pakistan Says Detains 11 Iranian Guards On The Border -- Reuters

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces detained 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Monday for crossing into the country days after an Iranian commander was reported saying his men should be allowed to confront terrorists in Pakistan, officials said.

The Revolutionary Guards were arrested in the Mashkhel area on the border with Iran eight days after a suicide bomber killed 42 people, including six Revolutionary Guard commanders, in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

A Sunni Muslim group Jundollah (God's soldiers), claimed responsibility for the blast.

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More News On Iran - Pakistan Border Tensions

Pakistan arrests 11 Iranians close to border -- Yahoo News/AP
Pakistan 'holds elite Iran force' -- BBC
Pakistan arrests 12 Iranians for illegal infiltration: officials -- AFP

Iran leader links attacks in region to foreign states -- Reuters
Foreign agents behind attacks: Khamenei -- AFP
Iran's Khamenei charges foreign agents of plotting attacks in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan -- China View

Iran urges Pakistan to secure border -- Press TV
Pakistan and Iran chalk out joint border control -- Dawn
Iran, Pakistan reach comprehensive security agreements -- Tehran Times
'Pakistan can't afford to fall out with Iran' -- Dawn
Tensions Rise between Pakistan and Iran -- CBS News
Iran, Balochistan and Pakistan: The Next Insurgent Frontier? -- Huffington Post

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