Pakistani tit-for-tat airstrikes on Iran leave at least nine dead, official says

A Pakistani flag flies on a lookout in Islamabad, Pakistan, on July 27, 2022 (Rahmat Gul/AP, File)

Pakistan’s air force launched retaliatory airstrikes early Thursday in Iran allegedly targeting militant hideouts, an attack that killed at least nine people and further raised tensions between the neighbouring nations.

The strikes followed Iran’s Tuesday attack on Pakistani soil that killed two children in the south-western Baluchistan province.