Five Iranian guards abducted in Pakistan return home

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says five of 12 border guards abducted in October by militants near the Pakistani border and freed in Pakistan earlier this month have returned home.

MENA

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The New Arab & agencies

22 November, 2018

The guards were abducted in a pre-dawn raid near the Loukdan border crossing [Getty]

Five of 12 Iranian border guards abducted in October by militants near the Pakistani border and freed in Pakistan earlier this month have returned home, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said.

The five arrived in Iran on Wednesday night, while the fate of others remains unknown, a report on the Guard's website Sepahnews.com said.

The guards were abducted in a pre-dawn raid near the Loukdan border crossing in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province.

The area has seen occasional clashes with Baluch separatists and also drug traffickers.

Details were sketchy and Iran has since twice revised the number of the abducted border force, including some from the vaunted Revolutionary Guard.

Pakistan has promised to help free the Iranian guards.