Four Iranian soldiers recovered after operation in Balochistan's Chaghai: ISPR

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army onWednesday night "conducted successful IBO [intelligence-based operation] at Amori in district Chaghai, Balochistan", its media wing said in a press release, adding that four Iranian soldiers were also safely recovered.

Carried out a few kilometres from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the operation was in response to information of "terrorists of [a]proscribed organisation" entering into Pakistan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) noted.

The said terrorists had theabducted Iranian soldiers with them, who, following an exchange of gunfire, were "recoveredfrom a transitioning hideout".

The "Iranian soldiers [were] being handed over to Iranian authorities," the ISPR added.