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Pakistani Militants Kill 10 Border Guards, Iran State Media Say

by VOA News

   Ten Iranian border guards were killed and three others were wounded
   Wednesday in a "terrorist attack" launched from inside Pakistan,
   Iranian state media said.

   The border guards were patrolling in Mirjaveh in Sistan-Baluchestan
   province, southeastern Iran.

   The militant group called Jaish-ul-Adl, or the Army of Justice, claimed
   responsibility for the attack, the state media said.

   Sistan-Baluchestan province has long been plagued by unrest from both
   drug-smuggling gangs and separatist militants. The population of the
   province is predominantly Sunni Muslim; the majority of Iranians are
   Shi'ite.

   Eight Iranian border guards were killed in clashes with Sunni rebels in
   2015. Two years earlier, Jaish-ul-Adl killed 14 border guards in an
   attack