Pakistan on Tuesday said that its security agencies are working with their Iranian counterparts to ascertain the whereabouts of 12 Iranian border guards who have been abducted by unknown militants near its border.
The Iranian guards were abducted by terrorists between 4am and 5am in the Lulakdan, a small village some 150-km southeast of Zahedan, the capital of the province of Sistan-Balochistan bordering Pakistan, according to Iranian media.
"Pakistan has noted with concern the reports of abduction of 12 Iranian border guards from Iran," the Foreign Office said.
"Both militaries, under a joint mechanism established since last year, are working to ascertain the whereabouts of Iranian guards," it said in a statement.
The director generals of military operations from the two sides are coordinating actions to recover them, it said.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for kidnapping the Iranian guards.
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