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Pakistan recalls Iran ambassador after air strike: govt

Published: 17 Jan 2024 - 02:36 pm | Last Updated: 17 Jan 2024 - 02:37 pm
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AFP

Islamabad: Pakistan recalled its ambassador from Iran on Wednesday and blocked Tehran's envoy from returning to Islamabad after an Iranian air strike killed two children in the west of the country a day earlier, the foreign ministry said.

"Last night's unprovoked and blatant breach of Pakistan's sovereignty by Iran is a violation of international law and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations," spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in a statement.