Question: A Joint Reaction Force is being set up between which countries?
(a) Iran and Pakistan
(b) India and Pakistan
(c) Russia and Afghanistan
(d) Afghan and Iran
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- On 22nd April Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani announced that he and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan agreed to set up a joint border reaction force to counter terrorism.
- This is a fall out of increased tensions over attacks on both sides of the two countries’ frontier.
- The border skirts the volatile southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan which has been the scene of frequent attacks on Iran’s security forces.
- Pakistan also alleged that gunmen based in Iran killed 14 members of Pakistan’s security forces last week in its own Baluchistan province.
Links:
https://www.oneindia.com/international/iran-pakistan-to-set-up-border-reaction-force-2881669.html