The Iranian ambassador was summoned by Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Saturday to protest over Friday’s “terrorist” attack along the Pakistan-Iran border that killed six Pakistani soldiers, The Express Tribune reported.
Iran’s ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost was called on by the foreign ministry to register strong protest over the incident, a statement of Pakistan’s Foreign Office said.
Six soldiers were killed and 14 others sustaining serious injuries when 30 terrorists ambushed the Frontier Corps convoy during patrolling on Friday, the report said.
Four insurgents were also killed in the exchange of fire.
Tehran was urged to carry out an effective operation against the terrorist group responsible for the attack on its side of the border, the report said.
“The need for an effective border coordination mechanism to prevent such incidents in future was also underscored,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in the statement.
According to the report, on Friday, attack took place in Balochistan’s Kech district. The province has been hit by a number of attacks on security personnel, but the number of large scale incidents has decreased significantly since 2016.