Iran’s Military Slays Terrorist Commander & Associates in Pakistan Territory

Iran’s military personnel killed senior Jaish al-Adl militant group commander Ismail Shahbakhsh and some of his associates in Pakistan territory, informed Iran’s state-run media.

Iran’s forces attacked the militant group, one month after the two countries conducted air strikes on each other.

Formed in 2012, a Sunni outfit Jaish al-Adl, is termed as a “terrorist” organization by Iran. It is active in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, bordering Pakistan.

Jaish al-Adl has made several attacks on Iranian security forces including the December 2023 attack on a police station in Sistan-Balochistan that claimed the lives of at least 11 policemen.

However, last month, weeks after carrying out missile strikes against “terror units” in each other’s territories, Pakistan and Iran mutually agreed to expand security cooperation. But the recent Iranian attack proved the opposite.