Pakistan and Iran say they do not want escalation – DW – 01/21/2024

The military response was followed by a warning. On January 18, senior security sources in Pakistan said that the armed forces were on “extremely” high alert and that any further “misadventure” from the Iranian side would be met “forcefully.”

Pakistan fired at targets on Iranian territory, particularly in the border town of Saravan, after Iran targeted militants on Pakistani territory two days before. Iranian state television said that three women and four children, who were reportedly not Iranian nationals, had been killed in a village near the border.

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said it…