From Reuters:
Pakistani forces detained 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards on Monday for crossing into the country days after an Iranian commander was reported saying his men should be allowed to confront terrorists in Pakistan, officials said.
The Revolutionary Guards were arrested in the Mashkhel (Ed. Note: It's Musa Khel, I believe.) area on the border with Iran eight days after a suicide bomber killed 42 people, including six Revolutionary Guard commanders, in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
A Sunni Muslim group Jundollah (God's soldiers), claimed responsibility for the blast. says the group operates from across the border in Pakistan. On Tuesday last week, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander said his force should be given permission to confront terrorists inside Pakistan, state media reported.
Update: Were they Iranian Revolutionary Guards or were they 'border guards'? The story's evolving.
Well, this story is not only evolving it's also all over the place. Al Jazeera reports the Iranians were chasing drug smugglers into Pakistan and that the people detained consist of "police and drug smugglers."
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