INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday called on Pakistan to protect their common border and prevent ''terrorist groups& from
setting up bases in its territory, according to the official news agency IRNA.He made the remarks while visiting a police station attacked
by a group of assailants on Friday.The attack, targeting the police station in Rask County in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan
and Baluchestan, killed 11 policemen and injured eight others.The &Jaish al-Zulm group&, a separatist cell that Iran says has ties to
al-Qaeda, has claimed responsibility for the attack.Vahidi said investigations showed that the ''terrorist& group&s members had entered
Iranian territory from neighboring Pakistan.The Pakistani government should guard and protect its borders and prevent terrorist groups from
setting up dens on its soil,& he said.The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday strongly condemned the ''terrorist& attack on the
Iranian police station.Bordering Pakistan and Afghanistan, Sistan and Baluchestan province has witnessed several terrorist attacks on both
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