As per reports, Pakistan conducted retaliatory airstrikes within Iran’s territory in the early hours of Thursday (18 January), following up on its previously issued demarche of serious action against Iran’s violation of its territory.

The Pakistan Airforce (PAF) stated it attacked the posts of two Baloch separatist groups — the Balochistan Liberation Front and the Balochistan Liberation Army — near the city of Saravan in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.