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TEHRAN: An Iranian official says an al Qaeda affiliated group has killed one of five Iranian border guards it recently kidnapped.
Ali Asghar Mirshekari, a deputy provincial governor for security affairs in Sistan-Balochistan, was quoted Monday by the official IRNA news agency as saying that the only officer among the captives was killed.
The other 4 were conscripts doing their 2-year compulsory military service.
They were kidnapped by the Jaish al-Adl militant group last month outside Sarbaz, a town near Iran's border with Pakistan.
They had demanded release of its members jailed in Iran and the release of al Qaeda-linked rebels arrested in Syria.
Jaish al-Adl supports rebels fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government.
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Mar 25, 2014 02:19am
Al quaida magar faida? Al-Qaida, TTP, Jindallah, Ahrrarulhind and God knows what not, all are rogue elements.
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Mar 25, 2014 02:31am
Sounds like armed rebellion against Shia sectarian oppression. How is this linked to AL-Qaeda? This is not a new problem.
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Mar 25, 2014 06:51am
They are wild beasts killing innocents and are enemy of the humanity. Curse of Almighty and the people on them tkll the last.
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