Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Wednesday confirmed the downing of an Iranian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in Balochistan’s Panjgur area along the Pakistan-Iran border on Wednesday.

“The drone was hit by [the] Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as it was unidentified and was flying at around 3-4 kilometres inside Pakistani territory,” the FO said.

“Pakistan has already shared the information about striking down of this drone with the Iranian authorities, indicating that the drone was struck down by our security forces as it was unmarked and there was no prior information about its flight,” the FO said.

Official sources had confirmed on Tuesday that a JF-17 Thunder had shot down an Iranian drone.

Security forces took custody of the debris after discovering the wreckage on Monday, but it is still unclear when the drone was shot down.

Meanwhile, the army said it had recovered a cache of weapons from Waziristan Agency.

According to a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the villages of Zarkai and Maidankai in which a significant quantity of weapons and ammunition was recovered.

Published in Daily Times, June 22nd, 2017.